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Munster Welsche Haxaire - sharp cow's milk soft cheese - 8 oz/220 gr, France.
Soft cheese with washed rind. Made from pasteurized cow's milk.
The chief characteristics of this cheese are firstly the pungent smell and secondly the soft, smooth paste with the consistency of melting chocolate. The rind is brick-red and the paste is fine textured and golden, slightly sticky, sweet and with the flavor of rich milk as long as the cheese has been properly matured. Locally, the Munster cheese is eaten with cumin or potatoes boiled with their skins on. Cumin-flavored munster may be bought ready-made.
Appropriate wines: Gewurtzstraminer, Tokay, Pinot Gris.
Percentage of Fat: 50% |
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