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To be fair, Comté and Gruyere are pretty much as similar as 2 different types of cheeses can get.
by nchi3 5y ago
To be fair, Comté and Gruyere are pretty much as similar as 2 different types of cheeses can get.
- namdnay 5y agovisually, maybe. in taste, not at all. Comte and Beaufort maybe, Comte and Gruyere? no way
- littlestymaar 5y ago> Comte and Beaufort maybe This is heresy!
- nchi3 5y agoIt's hard to taste a picture! I'm not saying they're exactly the same, but they're made in extremely similar ways. I'm from a less cheese-y part of Europe, but isn't Comté often called Gruyère de Comté for a reason? Of course they'll taste very different when aged for very different amount of times, but I've found them to be decently similar when aged for similar amounts of time.
- namdnay 5y agoI’ve never seen Gruyère develop those strong flavours (18m+), then again to be fair in France Gruyère is rarely aged
- dopidopHN 5y agoOh. No. Really not. Comté is way more flavorful and tangy, and develop quartz of salt than crisp when you eat it.
- Agingcoder 5y agoThe crystals are not salt but amino acid, mainly tyrosine.
- Biganon 5y agoI've never been so angry because of an HN comment, nom d'une pipe en bois. But cheers from Switzerland anyway, let's enjoy cheese while we still have a sense of taste.
- dopidopHN 5y agoNon mais vous avez mieux que le gruyère pour rentrer en compète avec le comté non?
- nchi3 5y agoThe crystals are just from aging it for longer, aren't they? Of course a 36 month Comté vs. 4 month Gruye won't have that many similarities compared to a 12 month Comté vs. 12 month Gruyere.
- dopidopHN 5y agoCorrect.Yeah they are. You specify the range of age you want when you buy comté. For Gruyère, I never saw that, but it might be because I grew up a few hours from where it’s made. To clarify : real gruyère is a great cheese. But comte is one of my favorite. Man I miss cheese.
- Agingcoder 5y agoNo, really really no. Please try again ( and make sure you get proper cheese, not tasteless plastic which will lead you to believe they're the same)
- lukas099 5y agoPeople are saying no, but nobody is offering a more-similar pair of cheeses.
- SuchAnonMuchWow 5y agobeauford is much more similar to compté
- malka 5y agoGruyère and Emmental.
- 1_player 5y agoNot at all. Emmental has a mild, flat flavour profile where Gruyère has a full bodied rich taste, just like Comté does.