It gives an intense taste even after four months of maturation, and as time progresses, its character becomes stronger.

For the 12th time, the Association of Hungarian Cheese Makers organized the Hungarian Cheese Show, which is the largest competition for small-scale and artisanal cheese makers in Hungary. The best cheese makers met for the first time in the history of the competition at Martonvásár, where a professional conference and cheese fair accompanied the cheese of the year competition and the judging process, feol.hu wrote .

This year, 47 cheese makers entered with a total of 114 products. The 35-member jury finally awarded the best cheeses and their makers with 9 gold, 22 silver and 9 bronze medals, and also selected the cheese of the year.

The winner was Svájcer Paraszt Sajt, made in Dunaharaszti on the farm of Árpád Ficsor. This is an 18-month, long-ripened hard cheese made from Magyartarka milk, so it has a rich and special flavor

- said Király Gellért, general vice president of the Hungarian Cheese Makers' Association, to the portal's inquiry.

My grandfather called the Magyartarka the Swiss cow. We named this cheese in his memory. Our cows can graze outside in the field all day, and they get hay in the barn. A high-quality, long-maturing cheese that can be made from dry milk without additives. The Svájcer is a surprise: it gives an intense flavor after just 4 months of aging, and its character gets stronger as time goes on. From the 8th month, protein crystals appear in the cheese dough

- wrote Árpád Ficsor on the website of Paraszt Sajt.

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The gold and silver medalists of the 12th CHEESE CAMPAIGN

FRESH PRODUCTS

• 8 cheese workshops for me - Zgyerka Zsolt Pilis natural cream cheese 91 points SILVER

• Judit Lovassy-Seres – Feta type cheese 91 points SILVER

• Ujlaki Major Cheese Workshop – Homemade butter 92 points SILVER

• Kinces Sajtműhely – Parenyica cheese 92 points SILVER

• Csengő Manufaktúra Kft. – Thick, fatty cottage cheese 93 points SILVER

• Domonkosné Sebestyén Krisztina – Parenyica 93 points SILVER

• Domonkosné Sebestyén Krisztina – Burrata 93 points SILVER

• Csönge Nikoletta – Curd dessert – 94 points SILVER

• Sajtár Manufaktúra Gábor Pálfai - Pecco Premium yogurt 96 points GOLD

• Garbien Szandra – Spinning 96 points GOLD

MATURED CHEESE

• Szarvasi Agrár Zrt – Cervinus Fenomenale 90 points SILVER

• Breier Farm Kft. – Farm cheese 91 points SILVER

• Attila Sárig – Gyimesi Medicinal Cheese 91 points SILVER

• Caritas Rural Development – ​​Gyergyói Handcrafted Cheese 91 points SILVER

• Mózes Cheese Workshop – Camembert type cheese 91 points SILVER

• Alpokalja Cheese – Turnip 92 points SILVER

• Csurgodombi cheese kitchen - Csurgodombi blue 93 points SILVER

• József Bányász – Raw cheese mountain cheese 93 points SILVER

• Csíz Sajtműhely Kft – Baracskai semi-hard cheese 93 points SILVER

• Bikácsi Cheese Workshop – Pajta cheese 93 points SILVER

• Tekeresvölgyi Family Estate – Tekeresvölgyi Nyerstejes 94 points SILVER

• Hegedűs Sajtműhely – Hegedűs Sajt 94 points SILVER

• Tekeresvölgyi Family Estate – Tekeresvölgyi Rustik 95 points SILVER

• Caritas Rural Development – ​​Gyergyói Handcrafted Cheese 95 points SILVER

• Alpokalja Cheese – Magyartarka Hard Cheese 96 points GOLD

• Zsolt Árpád Ficsor – Peasant Cheese Extra Old Swiss 96 points GOLD

• Szarvasi Agrár Zrt – Cervinus Superiore 97 points GOLD

• Hegedűs Cheese Workshop – Etyeki Rouge 97 points GOLD

• Treasured Cheese Workshop - Mountain cheese 97 points GOLD

• Hegedűs Cheese Workshop - Etyeki Szíjács 98 points GOLD

• Peasant Cheese – Magyartarka Hard Cheese 98 points GOLD

Featured image: F acebook/Farmer's Cheese