This Italian Alpine raw cow’s milk cheese is one of our seasonal gems. Bettelmatt is a limited production cheese made in the Val d’Ossola, in upper Piemonte. Only 3,000 wheels are made each summer, when the cows graze in the alpine pastures of the Bettelmatt Alp, on the border with Switzerland. The cheese is aged three months and has a beautiful golden paste and a rustic natural rind. Bettelmatt smells of wine and ripe fruit, and its flavor is extremely complex, with many layers of flavor, including flowers, wild herbs, butter, and hard boiled egg. Just a few wheels remain, make sure to try it before it disappears until next November.
