The baking process produces a cheese that can be heated and will still maintain its shape, similar to Greek halloumi. It is used in both savory and sweet preparations, and my favorite way to eat it is to simply warm it in a pan with some butter (yep, you heard that right) and then eat the oozy pieces straight out of the pan. Seriously, it will make you think of the best grilled cheese, ever and you will see no need to bother with the bread.
It is also served as breakfast fare, warmed up and served with maple syrup or fresh berries, as pictured above. Coffee drinkers have been known to drop cubes into a cup of hot coffee to let it seep out some milky goodness as you sip, and by the time you reach the bottom of the cup there is a soft cube of cheese waiting to be devoured. I am not a coffee drinker, but Harrison can vouch for this technique.
This is one of the original “fast foods” and it makes a great breakfast, snack, or dessert.
Thanks for reading,
-Angela
Wow, I've been here in Wisconsin since 1992 and I've never heard of this. This is a definite must try!
Really? Curt, you really have to try it–I will bet you could even smoke it!
It is also available at King Soopers. Warm and drizzled with honey is just so good the proper words for its goodness escape me. For once I am speechless.
Yes. Yes. Tomorrow there will be honey.
There's a local dairy here that makes it. Absolutely delightful served with a drizzle of raspberry syrup or jam. For us non-cooks, it's even good heated in a microwave.
Oh, I would love to have a local source–no such luck here. I will try the nuking technique, it would still be warm and oozy.
Looks great! I guess I've not appreciated juustoa except as plain with coffee, the way Dave's relatives have it. They've also stressed that you can only get it from a cow that has recently given birth, something like that, and that I should know the farmer. These restrictions limit opportunities for me to get it. This summer, I'll check out the Copper Country source you name.
I have never had this, looks incredibly good. Well done!
Never heard it called bread cheese. Do they expect people to put it in a toaster?
This looks really wonderful – makes my mouth water!
i have definitely lived under a rock since it's the first time i hear about this. sounds delish tho!
Denise, I think it because of how it looks, but that is just a guess. However, it might be good in the toaster…
I never knew juustoa was a specific TYPE of cheese. I grew up calling every type of cheese juustoa. (My mom is a 100% Finnish U.P native.) I'll have to ask her about this!
Thanks for the link to the U.P. source!
Too funny! It makes sense though…I still don't totally understand calling it "bread cheese." We had some for lunch again just yesterday. So good.
It is called breadcheese (leipäjuusto) because it is shaped like bread (kind of
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Greetings from Finland 
Hello, Minja!
Thanks for the from-the-source info!