Brin d'amour
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€ 14,06
Brin d'Amour is French for "bit of love"; this Corsican cheese also goes by the name Fleur du Maquis, meaning "Flower of the Maquis," the wild, brambly groundcover for which Corsica is famous. Brin also means "sprig" and refers to the gray, ashy dried herbs that cover this elegant gourmet cheese.
Made from raw sheep's milk, the cheese is sweet and gentle with an herbaceousness, lent from the coating of rosemary, thyme, savory, coriander, and juniper berries.
The young cheese offers a snow-white paste which is creamy, soft, and moist. As the cheese matures, the paste takes on a darker color and starts to run. Eventually the paste will harden again.
The pure taste of the young gourm...
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Fleur du Maquis
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€ 14,06
Fleur du Maquis is covered with dried green herbs to flavor the cheese, but also to make it beautiful. Fleur de Maquis "Flower of the Maquis," a wild, brambly groundcover for which Corsica is also called Brin d'Amour or Brindamour which is French for "bit of love".
Fleur du Maquis is made from raw sheep's milk, has a sweet and gentle herbal flavor, the cheese is coated with rosemary, thyme, savory, coriander, and juniper berries.
The young cheese has a snow-white, creamy, soft and moist paste. The paste turns darker when the cheese matures and starts to run. Eventually the paste will harden again.
The pure taste of the young gourmet cheese is quite mild and gentle but the herbs on...
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Organic Roquefort
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€ 14,91
This great Organic Roquefort, a French blue gourmet cheese has a history going back to before the Dark Ages. It was known to the Romans in the first century AD and has been praised by emperors, kings, and poets.
Our current offering is a Organic Roquefort from Maison Papillon (Butterfly House). The cheese wrapper has the well-known AB logo (Biological Agriculture) that guarantees that the product contains min. 95% of ingredients come from biologic agriculture.
Roquefort is made from unpasteurized ewe's milk and its popularity is such that the local flocks can no longer produce enough milk to fulfill demand. Roquefort is not a complicated cheese to make but great care is taken to ensur...
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Rondin Papillon
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Rondin is a pure sheep milk cheese speciality from the famous caves of Papillon (Butterfly). The Papillon range is no longer limited to Roquefort.
Rondin is a semi-hard gourmet cheese with a delicate, natural and edible rind. The entire log is approximately 800 grams/28.5 oz.
The cheese has many small holes that might remind you of the surface of the moon.
This gourmet cheese is matured for minimally 4 months; its paste is very delicate and mellow and delights due to its well-balanced flavor. Rondin is a cheese with a great character....
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