primitives ponder best cheese to use in antelope pizza

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

InternalDialogue  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-19-09 06:38 PM
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Quick question:

I'm making something with antelope and want a cheese that might go with it.

Honestly, I don't think this particular antelope is flavored too strongly, so I don't know for sure that a strong cheese would go with it, but just wondering if anyone has a suggestion...

The defrocked warped primitive:

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-19-09 07:17 PM
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1. Depends entirely what you're making with it, how you're preparing it, and how much you like the flavor of antelope.

InternalDialogue  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-19-09 10:15 PM
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2. I'm doing a pizza.

Really mild tomato sauce and most of the flavor to come from the antelope and cheese.

I like antelope, regardless of whether it's mild or gamey, but this batch is really mild, just a little stronger than really good beef.

I'm thinking that a really mild cheese like traditional mozzarella won't hold up in flavor against the antelope.

The unfrocked warped primitive, again:

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-19-09 10:35 PM
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3. Perhaps a mozarella and provolone mix might work

If you really want that antelope flavor front and center, though, you'd want a milder cheese.

InternalDialogue  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-20-09 12:07 AM
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4. Provolone is a good idea.

I will give it a try. I like the antelope flavor, but I want a cheese that will stand up with it and give me a good flavor combo, not just add the texture and fat of the cheese. I'll let you know how it works out tomorrow night.

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-20-09 11:04 AM
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5. I'd suggest trying a bit with a little cooked antelope first

You'd hate to end up with a mishmash with ingredients that aren't playing well together.

InternalDialogue  (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-20-09 09:56 PM
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7. I went with two options

I used a provolone on one small pizza and a feta on the other. I liked them both, but the extra bite of the feta really worked on that pizza. It was a good match. Didn't put any toppings other than the meat and cheese on, plus a little bit of the sauce.

I might experiment next time with something else, but the feta definitely goes on my list of what works well.

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Tue Oct-20-09 11:57 AM
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6. I agree with the Provolone...or another possibility...

If you have access to a great cheese department/store see if they have an aged Provolone which is far richer in flavor. It's a harder cheese but still easily sliced and melted. You also might want to check with the cheese person and taste some sheep milk cheeses. They have a different complexity which I think pairs well with a more gamey meat.

[JohnnyReb]

If the DUmmie were to cook a pizza and ship it to me, I believe I'd throw away the pizza and eat the greasy box.

[franksolich]

If the DUmmie were to cook a pizza and ship it to me, I believe I'd throw away the pizza and eat the greasy box.

Are you aware, sir, of any human being who has ever dined on antelope?

Out here in the Sandhills, it would be considered a desperation, last-resort, sort of food, like coyote; something one eats only if there's no alternatives, and it's a matter of life or death (i.e., the first pioneers in the Sandhills, circa 1880-1910).

[JohnnyReb]

Are you aware, sir, of any human being who has ever dined on antelope?

Out here in the Sandhills, it would be considered a desperation, last-resort, sort of food, like coyote; something one eats only if there's no alternatives, and it's a matter of life or death (i.e., the first pioneers in the Sandhills, circa 1880-1910).

First off, we don't have antelope around here...but if we did, somebody would eat it.

Around here only greeks and mexicans eat goat regularly. The deer hunters turn up their noses at goat (it ain't bad). They get...well...somewhat ....uh....shall we say upset when I say the whitetail deer we have here ain't nothing more than a
sooped-up goat.

[franksolich]

First off, we don't have antelope around here...but if we did, somebody would eat it.

Around here only greeks and mexicans eat goat regularly. The deer hunters turn up their noses at goat (it ain't bad). They get...well...somewhat ....uh....shall we say upset when I say the whitetail deer we have here ain't nothing more than a
sooped-up goat.

I forget what the animal is, in Australia, that the first British to civilize that continent depended upon for sustenance when nothing else was to be had.  All I remember is that it's some sort of animal nearly useless for human digestion.

Out here, people dined on coyote and antelope as a last resort, but fortunately it was a rare last resort, as rabbits were plentiful in the Sandhills, and easier to nab.