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cream Havarti en · NOUN

Etymology

Partial calque of Danish flødehavarti.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A variety of Havarti cheese made from highly pasteurized milk.
   • Great specialty sandwiches like tuna cosmos: albacore tuna salad covered with cream Havarti and dill cheese, broiled, served with lettuce and tomatoes drizzled with Italian dressing. 1999, Christina Tree, Christine Hamm, “The Promised Land”, in New Hampshire: An Explorer’s Guide, 4th edition, Woodstock, Vt.: The Countryman Press, →ISBN, section V (The Upper Connecticut River Valley), “Upper Valley Towns” subsection, page 269:
   • Try the Big Cheese, a fat sandwich consisting of cream Havarti, Jarlsberg, and Gouda, or a lettuce salad loaded with rare roast beef, fresh mushrooms, and Jarlsberg. 2009, Diana Gleasner, Bill Gleasner, “Wine and Cheese Gallery”, in Florida: A Guide to Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path), 10th edition, →ISBN, “Northeast Florida” section, page 19:
   • We have some excellent new Danish cream Havarti. 1983 June, Jocelyn Day, chapter 1, in The Marrying Kind (Second Chance at Love; 128), New York, N.Y.: Berkley, →ISBN, page 9:
   • Danish Cheese Rounds: Melba toast rounds with cream Havarti cheese, sprinkled with ¼ cup chopped walnuts before melting the cheese. 1986, Marcia Cone, Thelma Snyder, “Fancy Melted Cheese and Crackers”, in Mastering Microwave Cookery, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, “Appetizers and Snacks” section, page 103, column 1:

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