I recently received a free product coupon from SheSpeaks, to try the new Alouette Freshly Crumbled line of cheeses. It took me a little while to find this product in a local grocer, but I located it at a Stop & Shop this week. Alouette Crumbled cheeses are available in 7 varieties, but the store only carried the Feta, Goat or Blue Cheese. I selected the goat cheese, since I love the tang it has.
The cheese was competitively priced at $3.49, for a 4 oz. container. This is about average for goat cheese, but might be a little high for feta. I found the packaging to be well designed. A flap lifts opening about a third of the top of the container. This would be especially effective for sprinkling on salads., and decreases the likelihood of an improperly secured top spilling out all contents if dropped. The cheese itself had the firm texture I was expecting and mild tang.
I decided to try this on a baked item and had some thawed puff pastry dough on hand, so I whipped together a simple appetizer. The results were quite tasty, so I will be likely to pick this cheese up again when on sale. You can check out the recipe here: Spinach and Goat Cheese Pastries
In addition to the new line of Crumbled cheeses, Alouette has also upgraded their spreadable line to “all natural” and is now offering their Baby Brie in a convenient wedge form. Very recently they also introduced a new spreadable variety, Sweet & Spicy Pepper Medley. It has a mix of peppadew and roasted red peppers with herbs, and sounds wonderful.
Sounds yummy! I’ll have to see if any of our local stores carries it. I bet my hubby would love it!