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Camembert (/ ˈ k æ m ə m b ɛər / KAM-əm-bair, UK also /-m ɒ m-/-om-, French: [kamɑ̃bɛʁ] ⓘ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese.It was first made in the late 18th century in Camembert, Normandy, in northwest France.
It is probably the oldest Norman cheese still in production. [1] Pont-l'Évêque is an uncooked, unpressed cow's-milk cheese, square in shape usually at around 10 cm (4 in) square and around 3 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) high, weighing 400 grams (14 oz). The central pâte is soft, creamy pale yellow in color with a smooth, fine texture and has a ...
Livarot is a French cheese of the Normandy region, [1] originating in the commune of Livarot, and protected by an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) [2] since 1975. It is a soft, pungent, washed rind cheese made from Normande cow's milk. The normal weight for a round of Livarot is 450 grams, though it also comes in other weights.
Neufchâtel (French: [nøʃɑtɛl] ⓘ, [nœfʃɑtɛl]; Norman: Neu(f)câtel) is a soft, slightly crumbly, mold-ripened, bloomy-rind cheese made in the Neufchâtel-en-Bray region of Normandy. One of the oldest kinds of cheese in France, its production is believed to date back as far as the 6th century AD, in the Kingdom of the Franks.
Le Rustique was created in 1975 in Normandy, France with a recipe of camembert. The brand then launched other soft cheeses including brie , camembert light and coulommiers . Le Rustique is sold in France and over 60 other countries, it is best known for its camembert and brie but also commercializes hard cheese slices and raclette cheese.
This is a list of French cheeses documenting the varieties of cheeses, a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms, which are found in France. In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle asked, "How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?"
Morbier (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a semi-soft cows' milk cheese of France named after the small village of Morbier in Franche-Comté. [3] It is ivory colored, soft and slightly elastic, and is immediately recognizable by the distinctive thin black layer separating it horizontally in the middle. [3] It has a yellowish, sticky rind. [2]
Brillat-Savarin (French pronunciation: [bʁija savaʁɛ̃]) is a soft-ripened triple cream cow's milk cheese with at least 72% fat in dry matter (roughly 40% overall). [1] It has a natural, bloomy rind. It was created c. 1890 as "Excelsior" or "Délice des gourmets" ("Gourmets' delight") by the Dubuc family, near Forges-les-Eaux in Seine-Maritime.