There’s no greater joy than indulging in the creamy goodness of cheese. Whether it’s spread on crackers, stuffed in a sandwich or oozing from a fondue pot, it can be difficult to resist.
However, slicing through some varieties of cheeses can prove to be a sticky and crumbly challenge. However, most French people will argue that there are different techniques that should be used when cutting different types and shapes of cheese.
To help you determine how to go about cutting a cheese, Eva, a French tutor living in Australia has taken to social media to showcase her savvy cheese-cutting methods.
“We cut the cheese according to their shape,” she told her 207,000 followers on TikTok.
Starting off with a common favourite, Eva explained: “When you have a round cheese like Camembert, we cut parts as we cut parts of pizza.”
Moving on to wedges of cheese, such as blue cheese, Eva explained that you should use a similar technique. It’s advisable to cut slices from the middle of the thinner side out to the thicker edges, creating a triangle shape.
“And we continue in this way to the other side,” Eva explained as she eas seen slicing through the blue cheese.
When it comes to Brie and similar pointy cheeses, Eva suggests snipping ‘morsels’ by slicing thinly along the length of the wedge.
However, if you’re slicing it up for several people to enjoy, she explains that vertical cuts into smaller triangles are the way to go, finishing off with rectangular slices for the last chunk.
“If the cheese is ever placed on a cheese platter, never cut off the tip for yourself,” she said, highlighting that in France, this is considered a big faux pas.
If you’re wanting to cut into harder cheeses, such as comte, Eva demonstrated the optimal technique of slicing it horizontally into neat rectangular pieces until halfway through, then switching to vertical cuts for the remainder to create equally sized portions.
“Here you go, I hope now you know how to cut cheeses, especially if you’re invited to a French place,” the culinary enthusiast concluded.
Eager viewers quickly flooded the comments section of Eva’s video to express their gratitude for her easy-to-follow advice.
One viewer expressed their appreciation with: “Love this, merci beaucoup. I wish my guests would see this too, sometimes they make a right mess.”
Another was effusive in their praise, saying: “Gosh I so love French cheeses, it’s unbelievable.”