VIEUX LILLE
Vieux Lille
Also known as "Puant de Lille or "Gris de Lille", this cheese is a ripened Maroilles soaked for three months in brine to give a slaty taste."Puant" means strong smelling and this cheese does have a putrefied smell.
But the stronger it grows, the more the locals like it. It is said that northern miners ate this artisanal cheese down the pit.
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187 g (6.545 Ozs)
Description
- Weight: 187 g (6.545 Ozs)
- Refining: Minimum 3 months. For US delivery maturing extended over 60 days
- Cheese: Pieces
- Milk: Cow
- Treatment: Raw Milk
- Dough: Uncooked, unpressed soft cheese with a washed rind
- Season(s): Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Ingredients:
Cow Milk
Wine and cheese pairing
- CHAMPAGNE
Nutritional values
- FOR 100G
- Energy (KJ): 1228 KJ
- Energy (KCAL): 296 KCAL
- Lipides (G): 24g
- Saturated fat (G): 17g
- Carbohydrate (G): 0.5g
- Sugar (G): 0.5g
- Proteins (G): 20g
- Salt (G): 5g
Allergens
- Allergens: milk and dairy products