SeaFrance Guide To French Cheese
Since SeaFrance Ferries Dover Calais lets travellers from the UK nip over the channel quickly and inexpensively, it goes without saying that we should write a guide to French cheese, which included with French wine is something that must be sampled whenever you visit.
It goes without saying that like wine, cheese to is synonymous with France, largely because there are over 400 different types to choose from, making French cheese the largest selection of chesses in the world.
There are a number of ways one can classify cheese that comes from France, one could do so by region, type of milk used, origin, or fat content.
France though chooses to use its own technique for classification which we thought we would explain here.
Fresh Cheeses
This type of cheese contains a lot of water and is made from cow, sheep or goats milk, and is white in colour and generally not aged cheese. Instead the curd is made by adding a lactic starter to the milk that is used in its making, and the cheese is more often than not either eaten separately or used as part of a recipe.
Soft Cheeses with Natural Rind
This cheese is made from cow’s milk, and are very soft with a white velvety surface. This type of cheese is typically aged for one month, and include some of the best known cheese from France, including Camembert and Brie.
Pressed and Cooked Cheeses
This type of cheese is made under pressure during processing, but before going through the pressure process, the curd is first heated for an hour. The cheese is then matured over a very long period of time. This type of cheese is generally made in France’s mountain regions, and the two most popular kinds are Gruyere and Emmental.
Goat Cheeses
Whilst a few type of goat’s cheese are to be found in other categories, this type of cheese is worthy of possessing its own category, since there are over 100 varieties of goat’s cheese. Goat’s cheese comes in a large variety of shapes and sizes, with the two most famous being Pouligny-Saint-Pierre and Crottin de Chavignol
Blue Cheeses
This type of cheese is easily recognizable because of its blue greenish colour that runs through them, and are typically made using cow’s milk. They are matured for long periods of time, and have an extremely strong flavor very popular the world over. Blue de Bresse and Roquefort are both easily available and are very tasty.
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