Cheese

Image via Wikipedia Sitting on gentle slopes overlooking the most fertile ground that the Island of Pag has to offer, Sirana Gligora’s (Gligora Dairy) cheese tasting room offers great views across the northern half of the island for guests who take our Cheese Tasting Tour. Nestling amongst rocky hills, these fertile pastures provide the heartland of Pag’s agricultural industry and it was something must have been spotted by the Illyrian Tribes who were the first to settle on the island of Pag...Read Full Story

The biggest and most important exhibition of Croatian cheese and dairy products will take place this year on 22nd and 23rd October at Sirana Gligora (Gligora Dairy) on the Island of Pag, producers of the ‘Best New Cheese’ Trophy winner at last years World Cheese Awards. Gligora Dairy on the Island of Pag where this years event will be held Now in its 6th year, the ‘Association of small Croatian dairies’ brings together 18 of the countries most dedicated and skilled craftspeople who are...Read Full Story

Every one has heard about the eminent Harvard University in America if through nothing other than blockbuster Hollywood movies such as ‘Good Will Hunting’ with Matt Damon and ‘Harvard Man’ with Sarah Michelle Gellar which along with many more, were set in the hallowed corridors of Americas most prestigious education establishment.  It’s with good reason too that this famed university carries its lofty name as no fewer than 8 US presidents graduated here along with some 50 noble prize winners...Read Full Story

Well if you in need of some good news then here is is, you chance to win a full range of Gligora’s award winning cheeses in our ‘Cheesy Photo Competition’ currently running on our Facebook page.  Visit our Facebook page: Love Paški Sir for more details  Included in the prize are: Paški Sir, our artisan hard pressed ewes’ milk cheese made exclusively from the milk of the islands autochthonous breed of sheep who roam freely on the rocky pastures of Pag.  Here they graze upon the many strains of...Read Full Story

Last week, I was celebrating my wedding anniversary with my wife. I prepared a very special dish for our dinner date. My wife loves my father’s chicken cordon bleu so I got the recipe from my father who was willing to provide me with all his special ingredients. I made a special Chicken Cordon Bleu for my wife. My father highly recommended that I used Gruyere Cheese for my dish. Gruyere cheese is so delicious, making it my favorite cheese. My father was right, Gruyere cheese made my chicken...Read Full Story

My sweets, a couple weeks ago, we figured out how to make the perfect cheese plate. But what about really those change-your-life strong cheeses? Well, Murray's Cheese helped us put together a cheese plate for brave souls that will blow your mind (and stink up your living room). The only question is: Can you handle it? :)Murray's head cheesemonger Sydney Willcox showed us how to create a truly adventurous cheese plate, and the wonderful Jamie Beck took photos. Here goes...Overall rule of thumb...Read Full Story

Following a very eventful past 24 months for Gligora Dairy in which time our cheese has been awarded with 9 quality titles such as The Best New Cheese Award and 3 Super Gold Medals from the World Cheese Awards and we opened our completely modern dairy which brought us right up to date with EU standards.  We very pleased to announce that our multi-award winning artisan ewes’ milk cheese Paški Sir is now widely available in the US. For more information on where to buy Gligora’s Paški Sir in the...Read Full Story

There have been so many articles about healthy eating nowadays that people tend to be so conscious of how they look and feel. Moreover, there are so many foods that are the causes of many an allergic reactions and that staying away from certain foodstuffs will limit our choices. But then again, a little deprivation leads to creativity, and we are all artistic creatures in our own rights. To stay healthy, one can either be vegetarian or vegan, whereby the former eats no meat and the latter...Read Full Story

There is something about those bluish spidery veins crawling down its way into that hardening creamy lump known as the Blue Stilton Cheese. Sometimes it gets grueling to think that what you slab on your toast or crackers will find its way into your system and then imagining that everything within you goes haywire. You then think of those mold(s) inhabiting the cheese and now have allowed it to dwell in your own body. You think, it’s probably skateboarding itself within your gustatory juices...Read Full Story

Gligora Dairy cheeses in the UK Click the image for higher resolution of you can download the PDF from our Facebook page For UK pricing enquiries please write to www.dissa.co.uk info@dissa.co.uk Please visit our website www.gligora.com and follow us on our Facebook page and Twitter contact us at info@gligora.com Related articles Gligora’s Paški Sir – Ivy League Cheese (simonkerr.wordpress.com) Ancient Illryian Fort overlooking Sirana Gligora (simonkerr.wordpress.com) Sirana Gligora Pag...Read Full Story