Abbaye de Belloc
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The gourmet cheese Abbaye de Belloc is made from sheep milk and comes from the southwestern part of France, close to the Spanish border. Abbaye de Belloc has a lot of similiaries with the Ossau-Iraty-Brébris Pyrénées; a traditional farmhouse hard sheep milk cheese.
This gourmet cheese has the shape of a flat wheel with natural, crusty, brownish rind with patches of red, orange and yellow. The rind is marked with tiny craters. The flavors of the Abbaye de Belloc cheese are smooth, buttery, nutty and sweet; a very interesting and caputuring cheese....
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Abondance
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Abondance is an excellent example of a great French artisanal cheese that dates back almost 700 years. This superb gourmet cheese has a smooth surface smeared rind, showing the marks of the cloth with an amber color. Abondance crust should be removed before eating.
Abondance or Tomme Abondance is a French mountain gourmet cheese from Haute Savoie in the Rhone-Alpes and is made exclusively from the whole raw milk from cows of Abondance, Montbeliard and Tarine. The maturation period is a minimum of 90 days. The cheese has been a member of the A.O.C. family since 1990.
Abondance cheese is firm, has a strong smell and a distinct and complex flavor; fruity and with hints of hazelnut. The paste ...
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Affine au Chablis
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The French gourmet cheese Affiné is washed with the French Chablis, hence the name Affiné au Chablis. Chablais is a prestigious white wine of Burgundy to establish a very rich, aromatic profile.
Slightly smaller than its popular sibling Epoisses, and Affiné is washed in Chablis instead of marc. This distinction gives a slightly sweet, gentler punch to the finish of Affiné than the Epoisse.
During the maturation of Affiné, the yellow-orange color will become stronger growing from the heart of the cheese. Near to maturity, the pigmentation will be more constant, and the flavors of Burgundy will surface. The cheese is soft and can be spooned, and Affidelice has a concentrated richness and a c...
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Aisy Cendre
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The gourmet cheese Aisy Cendré has a soft paste, a washed rind that is covered in ash or 'cendré' and is made from whole cow's milk with a 50% fat content. We consider Aisy Cendré an interesting member of the washed rind gourmet cheeses with the distinction of the ash covering.
This fine French gourmet cheese is similar to the gourmet cheese Epoisses, the gourmet cheese Affidélice and the gourmet cheese Soumaintrain and is shaped into a narrow cylinder.
The ash covering of Aisy Cendré takes some of the stickiness of the rind way. The Aisy Cendré paste is soft and creamy. The heart is almost white, with the texture of plaster. Both the flavor as well as fragrance of Aisy Cendré is relativel...
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Ami du Chambertin
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Ami du Chambertin is a soft French gourmet cheese made from raw cow's milk in the small village of Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy.
It is an Epoisses-type gourmet cheese and has a moist, red rind washed with Marc de Bourgogne (a type of brandy). The paste is ivory colored and it ripens from the outside in. The French cheese is smooth and creamy with an excellent balance of both salty and milky flavors and it has a strong aroma and will make an interesting addition to your washed rind palette....
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Aviateur
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$17.55
L'Aviateur is a small 3.5-oz. cow's milk cheese enriched with creme fraiche. It has a soft interior and a flowerly rind.
L'Aviateur is in homage to 'The man who gave wings to the world', spiritual son of Leonardi da Vinci. In 1890, for the first time ever, Clement Ader managed to lift off the ground in a heavier-than-air machine that the called 'aeroplane'. This happened at Gretz Armainvillers just beside the cheese dairy.
We offer you 2 of l'Aviateur cheeses, a total of 7 ounces of this deliciously creamy cheese....
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Banon
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Banon A.O.C. is a goat or cow's milk gourmet cheese, wrapped in chestnut leaves or grape leaves that has been soaked in white wine (eau de vie), and tied with raffia. The leaves also ripen in concert with the cheese adding an interesting variant to the flavor of the cheese.
Banon is named for the French market town of Banon in northern Provence.
Banon cheese is white and slightly crumbly with a faint lactic smell. The flavor is mild with a hint of sourness. As a true French gourmet cheese, Banon has been a member of the A.O.C. family since 2003....
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Beaufort
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Beaufort is France's answer to the Swiss Gruyère. Beauforts darkly rich flavor is the result of ripening in the cool and humid caves and cellars of the Haute-Savoie Mountains for at least 6 months and sometimes up to 18 months. The village of Beaufort is situated in a remote part of the Savoie region. Here Tarentaise cattle graze the lush Alpine meadows to give milk which is full in flavor.
Beaufort cheese has a smeared rind, which is rubbed, clean and robust with a uniform yellow to brown color. The paste is smooth and very firm but supple with few holes or cracks called 'oeil de perdrix' or 'partridge eyes' with an ivory to pale yellow color.
The Beaufort paste smells of nuts and toffee ...
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Bethmale
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Bethmale is one of the traditional gourmet cow's milk cheeses from the Pyrenees. Bethmale has a natural leathery, orange colored rind and is a firm, but open-textured cheese with a mild, slightly sweet flavor.
Bethmale is another cheese that is named after the town where it is made and dates back to the 12th century.
The ripening of the cheese takes about 2 to 3 months and during this period the cheese is brushed and turned frequently....
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Bleu d'Auvergne
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The French gourmet cheese Bleu d'Auvergne has a wonderful aroma, a rich taste; the saltiness increases with the incidence of veining. The overall flavor is piquant but not overly sharp.
Bleu d'Auvergne started life as an imitation of Roquefort, using cow's milk in place of sheep's milk. Legend has it that a peasant, around 1845, decided to inject his cheese with a blue mold that he found growing on his left-over bread (the motto being, waste not, want not). And thus, the gourmet cheese Bleu d'Auvergne was born.
This French gourmet blue cheese comes from the region of Auvergne and the cheese is made from milk of Salers and Aubrac cows. The rind is very thin and so the cheese is usually wrap...
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Bleu de Bonneval
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Bleu de Bonneval is a French blue gourmet cheese made from raw cow's milk that originates in the Bonneval village in the Haute-Maurienne at an altitude of about 1,800 meters.
After the cheese has matured for 6 to 8 weeks the blue mould in the dough has developed nicely, and the cheese is ready to be consumed. The natural rind is covered with fine mould, and the paste is very smooth. The flavor is fruity and further accentuated through the blue mould....
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Bleu de Gex
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Bleu de Gex and Bleu de Septmoncel are both known under the official name Bleu du Haut Jura. Bleu du Haut Jura is a member of the AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) family since 1977.
The area of production for Bleu de Gex is l’Ain and Jura. The milk comes from the Montbéliarde cows and the spores use to come from the local plants eaten by the cows; today the cheese is injected with the bacteria.
Bleu de Gex has a flat wheel shape, the rind is dry, rough, and has a white-yellow color. The gourmet cheese is dense and creamy with a pale ivory color and a marbling of very dark greenish-blue veins. The aroma and flavor are relatively mild but quite definite in character; fruity and nutty. T...
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Bleu des Basques
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Bleu des Basques' blue-gray veining is very fine, spreading evenly if not abundantly through a paste the color of butter. The texture of this gourmet cheese is semi-firm and creamy on the tongue; the flavor is full, nutty, buttery and faintly sweet.
This is not a salty or pungent blue, but a well-balanced, approachable gourmet cheese with plenty of character and strength. Bleu des Basques has a natural rind that develops over the course of its three-months maturation. In contrast to the Roquefort the penicillum develops without holes in the paste.
The glistening surface of Bleu des Basques is one indication that it comes from sheep's milk, which has almost twice the fat of cow's or goat's ...
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Bleu des Causses
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Bleu des Causses is made in Les Causses Mountains in the Rouergue, France. The cheeses are matured in the caves where cool, damp air passes through, carrying the mould spores which develop the blue veins.
Bleu des Causses was originally made with a mixture of ewes' and cows' milk, but since it obtained its A.O.C. status in 1953 the gourmet cheese has been made purely from cows' milk.
Maturation lasts from 70 days up to 6 months producing a full and lively flavored gourmet cheese that is similar to Bleu d'Auvergne, but with a creamier texture. The cheese is moist and ivory-yellow, becoming whiter and fuller-flavored in the winter....
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Boulette d'Avesnes
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Boulette d'Avesnes is a cone shaped gourmet cheese with a natural rind given a dark red color by the use of annatto or paprika. It has a very strong taste. Its nickname is 'suppositoire du diable' (the devil's suppository).
The soft curd is kneaded and mashed with parsley, tarragon, pepper and paprika and shaped by hand into a pointed pear. This gourmet cheese is typical for spicy texture. Maturing takes two to three months.
Sample the Boulette d'Avesnes with rich bread, and a cold beer and you will experience that the spiciness and creaminess of the cheese will not be overpowering....
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Boursault
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Boursault is a small triple-cream gourmet cheese from Normandy and the Ile de France is an excellent example of good factory-made cheese.
Boursault has a light, bloomy, slightly pinkish rind. The rind is much thinner than many commercial Bries.
The paste is extremely creamy and mildly aromatic. The flavor is lightly nutty and buttery....
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Boursin
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Boursin was created in 1957 by Francois Boursin, a cheesemaker in Normandy in France. His first variety, Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs, was inspired by a long-standing traditional dish: fromage frais, which is fresh cheese served with a bowl of fine herbs, which allowed each person to create his or her own personally seasoned cheese.
The triple-cream cheese is made in small or miniature drums of 5.2 ounces and we sell 3 varieties: Garlic and Fine Herbs, and Shallot and Chive, Peppers. Boursin is Certified Kosher by Orthodox Union....
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Boursin Light Garlic and Fine herbs
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$6.73
A light version of the Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs that has almost 80% less fat than the cheese's original Boursin and its 3 flavor varieties. Boursin varieties are Certified Kosher by Orthodox Union.
The Light Boursin is also packed in a 4.4-oz. tub, for those who just want to enjoy the flavor....
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Brebicet
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$13.54
Brebicet is made from pure sheep's milk from the Rhone-Alps region of France. This small 4.5-ounce cubic gourmet cheese has a mellow and milk flavor and has many similarities to a Brie.
We sell them in pairs, a total of 9 ounces of French Gourmet Cheese.
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Bresse Bleu
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Bresse Bleu is a soft factory-made blue cheese from pasteurized milk from the Rhône valley of France.
Bresse Bleu also known as Bleu de Bresse was invented in 1950 by the cheese makers of northeastern France as a smaller copy of Gorgonzola.
Bresse Bleu is a small 5 oz. / 150 grams drum. The cheese has a smooth, off-white rind and the paste is pale and creamy with patches of greenish-blue veining. There is a light milky aroma and a mild mushroomy flavor....
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