Bonjour! Get ready to have your cheese passports stamped because this week we are LIVE from the French embassy of cheese in New York, The French Cheese Board, to try a one-of-a-kind French fromage. So will this cheese make us SICK or will it be MAGNIFIQUE?? Find out on this stripey-shirt filled episode of The Cheese Show.
The Olivia and Joe Cheese Show is a weekly talk show where we try a new cheese every week. Historical, international, favorites to cheap bodega finds, we’ll try anything! If you’re a foodie who likes to laugh, you’ll love the Cheese Show! More information about this week’s cheese below:
Country – Champagne, France
Milk Type – Cow
Pasteurization – Pasteurized
Rennet Type – Animal
Age – 2 months
Chaource is a soft cheese made from cow’s milk in the village of Chaource, France. This cylindrical shaped cheese has a soft-ripened, creamy and a little bit crumbly, non-elastic texture. Surrounded by a white velvety rind, it’s ageing process lasts between 2 weeks to 2 months. Many people like to eat young Chaource when its rind is hardly formed whereas others eat after it attains full maturation.
During its ageing time, the cheese has a bit salty, buttery and milky taste. Together with 25% fat, it also contains animal rennet. It goes well with Champagne / Pommard ou Mercurey.
Pairing Suggestions: What grows together goes together: pair it with champagne! Pair it with similar flavors: Chaorce has citrusy notes, so pair it with berries or something tart. Or pair it with something opposite: To offset the citrusy notes of Chaource, pair it with a jam or honey!
If You Can’t Find This Cheese: Try another French bloomy rind aged under 2 months! Will very likely pair similarly!
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