Havarti

American  

[huh-vahr-tee] / həˈvɑr ti /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a semisoft Danish cheese made of cow's milk.

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Etymology

Origin of Havarti

First recorded in 1950–55; from Danish Havarti, the name of Havarthigård, a farm in Zealand, Denmark, famous for its cheese production

Example Sentences

The Cubano-style Mitch Garver half rates as a savory delight, with pulled pork, ham, Swiss and pickles on nicely chewy bread; the Mitch Haniger side disappoints with chicken, marinated tomatoes, a little bacon and havarti on lackluster flatbread, topped with a hard-to-identify, pasty fried avocado wedge.

From Seattle Times

And Brie & Bordeaux, the little Tangletown restaurant she owned in the 1990s — “pure sunshine,” as a restaurant critic once put it — helped bring Seattle from an age of presliced Havarti to an era of rich, aged, stinky, delightful cheeses for every palate and pocketbook.

From Seattle Times

American cheese, cheddar, Swiss, Munster, fontina and Havarti are also fine choices.

From Washington Times

The basket of pide was also put to good use as a vessel to ferry all that feta, cheddar, Havarti and honey butter from the breakfast plate directly into my mouth.

From Seattle Times

The latter is made from not two but six blends of cheese — cheddar, havarti, Swiss, Gouda, Monterey Jack and Pecorino Romano — and lots of cream cheese.

From Salon