Spicy Cheese! ....another reason to LOVE California

 I recently had the pleasure of sampling (multiple times) this delicious and surprisingly spicy habanero jack cheese from the Sonoma Cheese Factory.  Buy it HERE.

Disclosure: Apologies for the semi-blurry picture - this was taken about 2 hours into a wine tasting...
The habanero kicks in about 3 seconds into the cheese tasting. The jack is otherwise perfectly creamy to help offset the habanero.


Some ideas for good uses for this cheese include:

• Shredding and using as a topping for fried fish tacos
• Shredding and using in a corn bread
• Quesadillas
• On crackers with a dollop of sweet peach chili sauce or honey (or some sweet sauce)
• Topping on tortilla soup
• Topping for nachos with extra guacamole   

And here are some awesome recommendations from my cousin Megan <3

• shredded on top of taco salad
• used with rice and chicken in a stuffed poblano pepper
• in enchiladas! yum!
• maybe paired with a sharp green apple? Could be interesting..

Any one feel up for a visit to the Sonoma Cheese Factory?