Good enough to eat: 8 of the prettiest cheese coatings

There’s no denying that cheeses coated in flowers or herbs or even wine  are often showstoppers. Some of these coatings add flavor, others don’t,  but they all yield very pretty cheeses.

Spring blossoms are the natural partners to fresh cheeses. For color and beauty, flowers add a note of flavor too.

Flowers

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Ash

Ash isn’t going to add flavor, but is a component in the cheese making  process, that protects the cheese during the ripening process and helps  neutralize the acidic surface.

Herbs

Sage, rosemary, tarragon and thyme. These strong herbs add pungency and pair with all sorts of cheeses.

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Many of our most beloved and ancient cheeses are carefully wrapped and aged in leaves that add subtle hints of the nut associated with the tree, a bit of dark, damp notes.

Leaves

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