French Cheese

French Cheese Saint Andre 7 oz.

Saint Andre - cow's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

• SKU: 120144
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French Cheese Banon Feuille 2.8 oz.

Banon Feuille - cow's milk soft cheese - 2.8 oz/80 gr, France.

Soft cow's milk cheese, with paste not too elastic (wrapped in a chesnut leaf).
Beige or blue-mold-covered crust, soft, runny beige interior, intensively rustic, nutty, and fruity (slightly winey) flavor. The leaves keep the young, slightly acidic cheese moist and impart fresh vegetable flavor with a hint of wine.

Appropriate wines: White roses, reds from the Cotes de Provence, France.

• SKU: 120101
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French Cheese Brie 'Mon Sire' 1 lb.

French Brie 'Mon Sire' - cow's milk soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

A classic French cheese, this delectable Brie is creamy, smooth and superbly rich. It is covered with its traditional moldy, bloomy rind emanating a pungent aroma. A staple for your cheese board, a sandwich favorite.

Pair with a full bodied red wine.

• SKU: 120013
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French Goat Cheese - Picandou Frais 1.4 oz.

Picandou Frais - fresh soft goat's milk cheese - 1.4 oz/40 gr, France.

This dazzling milk cheese is an altered version of Cabecou. Wrapped in a walnut or plane leaves, Picadou has natural goat cheese flavor and it becomes creamier the more it ripens. It is created in the Midi-Pyrenees and is crushed with peppers, adding a perfect taste.
Soft, pasteurized goat cheese, fresh and milky. It can be eaten with chives or honey, in olive oil and spices.
Texture: The hard rind is covered with touches of blue, white or yellow mold. The pate is firm and homogeneous.
Taste: Its pungent odor, with a sweet and sour taste, gives ... more »

• SKU: 125017
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French Goat Cheese Chabis Feuille 4.7 oz.

Chabis Feuille - fresh goat's milk soft cheese - 4.7 oz/134 gr, France.

Fresh, milky and soft taste, with a mild flavor, fresh and genuine thanks to the perfume of the chesnut leaf. It is marvellous used as the highlighter of your cheese tray.

Compliments: Goes well on a dessert tray or shaved into salads.

Appropriate wines: Sauvignon, Chardonnay, white Bordeaux.

Fat in Cheese: 45%

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French Cheese Morbier - Montboisse 1 lb.

Morbier - Montboisse - cow's milk semi soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

The rind of Morbier cheese is natural and rubbed, and the paste is supple and sweet. It is a mild cheese, originally made for personal consumption by the cheesemaker of Comte. Today, the black layer is a harmless vegetable product and purely decorative. The shape is round, with building sides and horizontal black furrow through the middle.
The paste is uncooked and pressed, the color is ivory to pale yellow.

Appropriate wines: Muscat, Jura's wines, some red light Burgundy wines.

Fat in Cheese: 45%

• SKU: 120159
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French Cheese Buchette with Ash 5.4 oz.

Buchette with Ash – goat’s milk fresh – 5.4 oz/150 gr, France.

Fromage de Chevre, P. Jacquin Buchette Cendre.

These wonderful fresh goat logs are perfect for any occasion. Imported directly from France they arrive fresh and full of flavor. Each comes packaged in its own protective plastic shell.

This protective shell preserves the atmosphere and halts the product's development, therefore guaranteeing a constant level of quality and freshness.

• SKU: 120315
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French Cheese Camembert du Bocage 8.8 oz.

Camembert du Bocage - cow's milk soft cheese - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Has typical Camembert characteristics such as white rind and creamy yellow pate. Tends to be a little salty sometimes. This version of Camembert does tend to be stronger than you would expect from a Camembert.

Compliments: Serve simply with a fresh country white or peasant bread.

Fat in Cheese: 45%

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French Cheese Comte AOC 1 lb.

Comte, aged 5 months – cow’s milk semi-hard cheese, cut cheese – 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Hard cooked & pressed cow’s milk cheese.

The AOC has designated that Comte is one of France's elite cheeses. Century-old techniques are used to make Comte, which is the most produced and consumed cheese in France. The combination of sweetness and saltiness give this cheese an intriguing flavor, Comte is traditionally sold in huge blocks and matures for a year before it is ready for sale. Older wheels will have a rich, nutty, fruitier and more flowery taste. The AOC designated regions include the Franche-Comte, eastern Burgundy, parts of... more »

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French Cheese Emmental Francais 1 lb.

Emmental Francais - cow's milk hard cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Emmental is a hard, pale yellow Swiss cheese. It has a sweet smell, with a fruity taste and delicate aroma. The most prominent feature of Emmental is the walnut-sized holes it contains. Emmental is probably the origin of the sterotypical holey cheese image.

Uses: Table cheese, grilling, fondue.

Emmental is combined with Gruyere and Swiss white wine to make fondues. A glass of the same white wine forms a perfect complement.

When served on the table, a crisp dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc or Shiraz, is prefer... more »

• SKU: 120042
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French Cheese Fol Epi 1 lb.

Fol Epi - cow's milk semi hard cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Semi hard paste uncooked and unpressed. The flavor is closed to raclette, but more fruity and lighter. The cheese looks nice due to the ears of wheat drawn on the rind. This is a perfect cheese for a banquet.

Appropriate wines: Muscat, Jura's wines, some red light Burgundy wines.

Fat in Cheese: 50%

• SKU: 120163
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French Cheese Saint Marcellin 2.8 oz.

Saint Marcellin - cow's milk soft cheese - 2.8 oz/80 gr.

Saint-Marcellin is a soft, unpressed French cheese made from cow's milk. Named after the small town of Saint-Marcellin (Isère), it is produced in a geographical area corresponding to part of the former Dauphiné province (now included in the Rhône-Alpes région). It is generally small in size, weighing about 80 grams (50% fat), with a mottled creamy-white exterior. The degree of runniness decreases with age as the exterior gains blue, then yellow, hues within two to three weeks after production.

It is similar to Saint-Félicien (which is a larger cheese produced in a different part of the Rhône-Alpes région).

• SKU: 120176
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French Goat Cheese Buchette Jacquin w/Herbs and Garlic 5.4 oz.

Buchette Jacquin with Herbs and Garlic - pasteurized goat's milk soft cheese - 5.4 oz/150 gr, France.

These wonderful fresh goat logs are perfect for any occasion. Imported directly from France they arrive fresh and full of flavor. Each comes packaged in its own protective plastic shell. This protective shell preserves the atmosphere and halts the product's development, therefore guaranteeing a constant level of quality and freshness.
Compliments: Pair fresh goat cheese with raisins or prunes.
Top lightly toasted bread with fresh goat cheese, drizzle with honey and enjoy!
Top fresh goat cheese with salt and pepper a... more »

• SKU: 120312
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French Sheep Cheese Petit Basque 1.4 lb.

Petit Basque - sheep's milk semi soft cheese - 1.4 lb/550 gr, France.

This semi-soft sheep's milk cheese is handmade in the French Pyrenees. The Pyrenees Mountain range, a natural border that divides France and Spain, is populated by the Basques, a people who have their own customs and language. Although the Basques live on both sides of the border, they produce this French cheese on the French side. Amidst the breath taking, rolling mountains of the Pyrenees, vast pastures stretch as far as the eye can see, providing fertile grazing for milk-producing sheep. Petit Basque, made from pure sheep's milk, has a rather dry texture and an ear... more »

• SKU: 120161
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French Cheese Abondance Fermier AOC 1 lb.

Abondance Fermier - cow's milk cooked, pressed hard AOC, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

The name of this cheese comes from the breed of cows (abondance) from which milk is taken on the Swiss border, in Avignon. The blue label fixed on the rind indicates that the cheese is a member of the AOC family since 1990.

Texture: The texture of the ivory/yellow pate is supple and velvety. Its rind is smooth with an amber color showing canvas marks.

Taste: Its taste is direct, but at the same time subtle; a complex alliance between a slightly acidic and soft initial taste followed by a lingering after taste. The c... more »

• SKU: 121522
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French Cheese Bleu D'Auvergne AOC 1 lb.

Bleu D'Auvergne - blue cow's milk AOC cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Uncooked, unpressed, soft French cheese with veins of blue mold.

The making of this cheese is relatively recent, only appearing in the markets in the middle of the last century. The story goes that an Auvergnat farmer sprinkled mold from rye bread on his milk curd and then pierced the curd with a needle. This allowed the air through and the curd developed blue veins.

Texture: The pate is uncooked and not pressed, with a sticky, moist and crumbly texture and veins of blue mold.

Taste: The smell is strong and atte... more »

• SKU: 120006
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French Cheese Chaumes 1 lb.

Chaumes - cow's milk semi soft stinky cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Based upon traditional Trappist-style cheeses, this has proven to be one of the most popular of the modern French cheese varieties. This soft rind is bright tangerine-orange and the interior is smooth, supple and quite rubbery. Although it looks as though it is about to run, the cheese is actually fairly dense and feels wonderfully rich and creamy on the tongue.

Food compliments: Goes well on a mixed wheat roll or crusty french bread.

• SKU: 120116
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French Cheese Le Brin 1 oz.

Le Brin - mini - cow's milk soft cheese with bloomy rind - 1 oz/25 gr, France.

This exquisite French cheese conceals a gentle, subtle flavor under a fine paste that melts in the mouth. With its natural thin rind, Le Brin is handy to have around at any time of the day. It makes a quick snack, slipped into your child's lunchbox.

Compliments: Goes well with fruits, nuts or in a salad.

Appropriate wines: Sancerre, white Burgundy, Sauvignon.

We will substitute similar or comparable items if the cheese is unavailable.

• SKU: 120183
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French Cheese Livarot Grain d'Orge 8.8 oz.

Livarot Grain d'Orge - sharp cow's milk cheese, soft and washed rind - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Livarot, a spicy red-bacteria-ripened cheese, was named after a town in Normandy. The rind is washed and colored with annatto, and sticks to the fingers. The ripe paste has no elasticity and feels heavy and moist on the tongue. The cheese dissolves in the mouth, with a spicy flavor, close to that of dried meat. During maturing, the cheese is washed in water or light brine and turned regularly.

Compliments: Goes well as an appetizer on toast or with walnuts and grapes.

Appropriate wines: Tokay late harvest, young Pomerol. Port-wine, Muscat, Banyuls, sweet wines.

Fat in Cheese: 40%

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French Cheese Pont l'Eveque 7.7 oz.

Pont l'eveque Grain d'Orge - soft washed rind cow's milk ctinky cheese - 7.7 oz/220 gr, France.
Packed in a nice wooden box.

Probably the oldest Norman, it takes two liters of milk to make one Pont l'eveque of 8.8 oz. After washing, the rind is moist and ochre in color. The pate is creamy yellow, fine-textured, and smooth. It sinks under finger pressure but has no elasticity. As the cheese ripens, the rind grows sticky and reddens, and small holes spread through the pate. Further ripening will result in pate that glistens with fat when cut. There are lingering traces of sweetness in the taste. During the affinage, the cheeses are... more »

• SKU: 120274
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