Soft Cheese

French Cheese Gres des Vosges 4 oz.

Gres des Vosges - cow's milk soft cheese - 4 oz/125 gr, France.

The Gres des Vosges is very popular among the lovers of Munster cheese. The rich soil in the Alsace region is a very favourable environment for the cherry trees to grow their juicy cherries. Many farmers in that region make a wonderful kirsch Spirit from these fruits. The Gres des Vosges au Kirsch Spirit is matured in three steps. During the first 3 weeks, the cheeses are washed with light saltwater twice a week. During the next 3 weeks the cheeses are refined with a melange of water and kirsch Spirit. Shortly before they are delivered, the cheeses are once again washed with kirsch Spirit, which further intensifies the flavour and creates a fruity scent.

• SKU: 120432
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French Cheese Le Plaisir 6 oz.

Le Plaisir - cow's milk soft cheese with white flowered crust - 6 oz/175 gr, France.

Le Plaisir is a generous cheese that just melts in the mouth. Its soft, creamy paste releases a subtle fresh taste full of delicate flavor. Le Plaisir is the cheese of gourmets.

Try it the way you like it:
- If you love fresh, creamy cheese, you should try Le Plaisir when it is still young.
- As it matures, Le Plaisir asserts its character and is a delight to many for its delicate smooth texture.

Compliments: Goes well with sweet fruits.

Appropriate wines: Pomerol, Saint Emilion, sweet Merlot.

Percentage of Fat: 60%

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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.

Percentage of Fat: 40%

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French Cheese Soumaintrain Berthaut 14 oz.

Soumaintrain Berthaut - cow's milk sharp soft cheese - 14 oz/397 gr, France.

Soft ripened washed cheese. Made from pasteurized cow's milk.

Berthaut's Soumaintrain is made with cow's milk that has been thermalized, which is a heat treatment that stops short of pasteurization. Like Epoisses, Soumaintrain wheels are washed repeatedly with brine and marc as thay age, with the proportion of marc mounting progressively. After about eight weeks, the cheeses are ready for sale. They will have developed a tacky, caramel-colored rind, the result of bacteria that thrive on that salty, moist surface. Inside, the paste is ivory in co... more »

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French Cheese Brie 'Mon Sire' 2-2.4 lb.

Brie 'Mon Sire' - cow's milk soft cheese - 2-2.4 lb/0.9-1.1 kg, France.

Mon Sire Brie is a well known cheese from east of France. This particular Mon Sire Brie is creamy, supple and flavorful, with the traditional moldy rind.
Pair with a full bodied red wine.

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French Cheese Coeur de Bray 7 oz.

Coeur de Bray - heart shaped cow's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

The "Coeur de Bray" (Heart of Bray) is a young Neufchatel.

It is known that since the Middle Ages the Neufchatel cheese had many shapes, depending on fasion or simply on the moulds the producer owned! The legend explains that the heart shape is due to the young Norman women that wanted to express discreetly their feelings to the English soldiers during the wars in the Middle Ages.

Percentage of Fat: 50% to 70%

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French Goat Cheese Florette 4.5 oz.

Florette (Goat Brie) - goat's milk soft cheese, white mold rind - 4.5 oz/125 gr, France.

This goat cheese from the Guilloteau family of cheeses continues to round out their impeccable line of soft ripened selections. It is characterized by subtle, delicate flavors with a slight goat cheese aroma.
The texture is satisfyingly creamy and spreadable. This is a must for any goat cheese lover!

Compliments: Goes well as a salad or a dessert. Florette can also be served with fresh or dried fruits.

Appropriate wines: Sauvignon, Sancerre, dry white wines.

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Italian Cheese Mascarpone 17.6 oz.

Mascarpone - cow's milk soft cheese - 17.6 oz/500 gr, Italy.

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Italian Sheep Cheese Ricotta Salata Frescolina 1 lb.

Ricotta Salata Frescolina - sheep's milk soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

A variation of Italian Ricotta cheese, this pure white, firm, rindless cheese originated in the hot, dry island climate of Sicily. It is made from lightly salted sheep’s milk curd that is pressed and dried, then aged for a minimum of three months.
Ricotta Salata cheese has a supple, mild taste. It’s not at all "sheepy" or salty, but rather has a nutty, sweet, milky flavor. Extremely versatile, Ricotta Salata can be used in salads, pasta dishes and is ideal for grating.
Taste: A milky, nutty, sweet flavor.

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French Cheese Delice de Cremiers 'La Tradition' 7 oz.

Delice de Cremiers 'La Tradition' - cow's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

Rich, buttery and soft with a little salty tang on the finish provided by the bloomy rind. This luxurious triple creme makes one of the finest dessert cheeses we know. Serve with ripe berries and a flute of Champagne, or your favorite sparkling wine.

Compliments: Goes well with fruits such as apples or grapes.

Percentage of Fat: 72%

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French Cheese Edel de Cleron 7.75 oz.

Edel de Cleron - cow's milk soft cheese - 7.75 oz/220 gr, France.

This gourmet cheese is bound by a band of spruce, the scent of which permeates the cheese and gives it a distinct and pleasant aroma. The spruce band also helps the cheese to keep its shape and should not be removed even when serving. The surface of the cheese is moist and the rind golden and slightly reddish, with imprints of the cloth. The pale yellow pate is creamy.

Appropriate wines: New Beaujelais, Jura's wines, Champagne.

Percentage of Fat: 65%

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French Cheese Fromager d'Affinois 1 lb.

Fromager d'Affinois - cow's milk soft cheese with bloomy rind - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

The King of the creamy cheeses in the United States of America, this cheese is firm, creamy with a grainy feel. It has a delicate aroma and a slightly salty, mushroomy tang. The affinage takes two weeks and gives it a bloomy Brie-like crust, bone-colored paste, buttery texture, very rich, smooth, very big flavor.

Appropriate wines: Sancerre, white Burgundy, Sauvignon

Percentage of Fat: 30%

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French Cheese Livarot Grain d'Orge 1 lb.

Livarot Grain d'Orge - cow's milk cheese, soft and washed rind - 1 lb/0.45 kg, France.

Livarot, a spicy red bacteria ripened cheese, 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, similar to that of aged meat. During maturing, the cheese is washed in water or light brine and turned regularly. Its nickname is the Colonel because it is bound with straps of rush or paper reminiscent of a Colonel's stripes.

Compliments: Goes well as an appeti... more »

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French Cheese Pont l'Eveque 1 lb.

Pont l'Eveque - large - cow's milk, soft sharp cheese - 1 lb/0.45 kg, France.

Probably the oldest Normandy cheese, 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 throughout the pate. Further ripening will result in pate that glistens with fat when cut, with lingering traces of sweetness in the taste. During the affinage, the cheeses are washed, brushed and turned.

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French Cheese Saint Andre 3.9-4.2 lb.

Saint Andre - cow's milk soft cheese - 3.9-4.2 lb/1.7-1.9 kg, France.

This French cheese goes well as a spread for crackers and toast.

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French Goat Cheese Bucherondin 1 lb.

Bucherondin - bloomy goat's milk aged cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Bucherondin is a living bloomy cheese. It is not wrapped and can thus ripen slowly, gaining in character when kept in the fridge at 4°-6° C.
After three weeks it becomes dry and crumbly and is excellent served with aperitifs. The best time to serve is at the end of a meal with white wines when the cheese is young or with a red wine when it has matured. The characteristic goat taste increases steadily when the cheese is kept at 4°-6°C.

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French Goat Cheese Delice de Pommard w/Mustard Seeds 7 oz.

Delice de Pommard with Mustard Seeds - goat's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

This is an uncommon cheese from Burgundy. It’s coated with mustard seeds to give it its special flavor.

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French Goat Cheese Pave Sauvage w/Herbs 8.8 oz.

Pave Sauvage with Herbs - goat's milk soft cheese - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Fresh French cheese made with aromatic herbs.

Pave Sauvage is a fresh goat milk with a delicate aroma. The strong taste of the herbs doesn't bite on the tongue and brings a subtle taste to the fresh goat's milk.

Compliments: Goes well as a cheeseboard cheese.

Appropriate wines: Rose wine, Straminer, Tokay.

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Italian Cheese Shredded Mozzarella 5 lb.

Shredded Mozzarella - low moisture part-skim cow's milk soft cheese - 5 lbs/2.27 kg, USA.

Mozzarella cheese was first made in Italy near Naples from the rich milk of water buffaloes. Because it was not made from pasteurized milk and because there was little or no refrigeration the cheese had a very short shelf-life and seldom left the southern region of Italy near Naples where it was made. To this day it is widely known that the best and most highly prized originally produced buffalo mozzarella is still found south of Naples near Battipaglia and Caserta where small factories continue centuries-old traditions making buffalo mozzarella fr... more »

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French Cheese Camembert Nostalgie Petit 4.4 oz.

Camembert Nostalgie Petit - cow's milk soft cheese - 4.4 oz/125 gr, France.

A tiny camembert perfect to share. This little round of camembert has all the famous qualities of its larger cousins - mushroomy, lactic and earthy.

Serve simply with a fresh country white or peasant bread.

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