A filetta means fern in Corsican. This artisanal cheese decorated with a sprig of fern comes from Isolaccio, who's at 45km south of the town of Bastia.
The Filetta Corse has a faint smell of cellar and fern leaves.
Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses (dating from the Roman period).
Today production is with pasteurised milk. Like his cousin Fourme de Montbrison, it's also a blue cheese.
The maturing process takes place in aerated,...
The word "fourme" comes from the latin forma, which means shape or form. The Fourme de Montbrison is cousin to the Fourme d'Ambert. Both these cheeses are members of the AOC family.
The production is either cooperative or artisan; there are...
Livarot is one of the oldest cheeses in Normandie, and at the end of the 19th century was reputed to have the highest rate of consumption. The reporters of that century wrote about it as "poor man’s meat" due to its high nutritional value....
Munster was born in a monastery situated in a valley of the same name. Benedictine monks who were prohibited from eating meat, created the cheese in the 12th century.
During its maturing, Munster is turned every two days and washed with warm...
Munster was born in a monastery situated in a valley of the same name. Benedictine monks who were prohibited from eating meat, created the cheese in the 12th century.
During its maturing, Munster is turned every two days and washed...
The Raclette is a mountain cheese (Savoie is in the Alpes).
You can find different variety of Raclette (garlic - white wine etc ..) his name comes from racler(meaning to scrape) which describes the way the mountain people cut this...
Roquefort is probably the world’s greatest blue cheese.
It is produced entirely from milk of ewes that feed on vast limestone plateaux (Causses- a limestone plateau ringed with cliffs) found in the Aveyron. Ripening of the cheeses...
The Selles sur Cher, by reputation, is extremely old. Over many generations Selles sur Cher has maintained its original artisan method of production.
The Selles sur Cher was one of the first to be accepted as an AOC product, in 1975.
His...
