Cheese & Honey Pairing with Murray's NYC !

Summer is a great season for a colorful cheese board, don't you agree? While looking for new honey and cheese pairings, we decided to approach Murray's Cheese - since the 1940's one of the best places to find high-quality cheese in the US - and see what they recommended.

     Their cheese expert, Lauren Toth, came up with three cheeses to pair with her favorite Bee Seasonal honeys that Murray's carries at their stores. We tried her combinations, and we are completely blown away! We thought you are someone who would appreciate this kind of information, so here are the pairings she created...

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BEE SEASONAL LINDEN HONEY & ALP BLOSSOM

The floral overtones of this creamy white honey make it the perfect pairing partner for Alp Blossom, the standout alpine-style cow's milk cheese from Austria best known for its eye-catching coat of local flora. Don't let the diverse mixture of flowers and herbs fool you: underneath lies a smooth, elastic paste that's an umami-bomb on the palate. The honey packs a fruity punch that counterbalances the cheese's beefy notes, while its herbal aroma enhances the floral notes emanating from the rind. Add a luscious drizzle of this honey over a wedge of Alp Blossom and take our most Instagrammable cheese to the next level!

Origin: Austria | Milk Type: Cow | Aged: 6-8 Months

GET YOUR ALP BLOSSOM CHEESE: HERE

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BEE SEASONAL AROEIRA HONEY & GORGONZOLA CREMIFICATO

Aroeira honey's deep brown tones are suggestive of the luxuriously sweet and dessert-like flavors it has to offer--like a marshmallow seasoned with nutmeg, cardamom, anise and a dash of black pepper. This sinfully sweet honey is the ideal contrast for savory cheeses and stands up to blues in particular. Try it with our decadent Gorgonzola Cremificato: the thick, rich paste and moderate blue bite of that Italian classic hold their own against the unfurling notes of vanilla and baking spices from the honey to create a complex and balanced flavor experience.

Origin: Lombardy, Italy | Milk Type: Cow | Aged: 1-2 Months

GET YOUR GORGONZOLA CREMIFICATO CHEESE: HERE

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BEE SEASONAL EUCALYPTUS HONEY & UP IN SMOKE 

This translucent crystallized honey leads with butterscotch & caramel-sweet flavors that beg to be paired with smoked cheese. River's Edge Up in Smoke is the go-to here: fresh, hand-formed chevre smoked over alder & maple wood then wrapped in smoked maple leaves lightly misted with bourbon evokes a campfire on a summer night. While the delicately smoky aromas pave the way for the toasted marshmallow that is the honey, the chevre still smacks of lemon (as chevres are wont to do), complementing the honey's slightly lemony finish.

Origin: Oregon, USA | Milk Type: Goat | Aged: Less than 2 Weeks

GET YOUR UP IN SMOKE GOAT CHEESE: HERE

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Murray's Cheese is a great source for all kinds of high-quality, gourmet foods that you can use to make a perfect cheese boards.
If you are local to NYC you can visit their stores, otherwise you can find everything they carry on their website!

VISIT MURRAY'S CHEESE: HERE

Remember that you can find these and more honeys on BeeSeasonal.com!

SHOP HONEY: HERE