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Beenleigh Blue vs Roquefort

Beenleigh Blue

Facts

Milk
Sheep
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom

Beenleigh Blue is a soft blue cheese from the United Kingdom, made from sheep's milk. The paste is pale, moist, and creamy, with green-blue veins running through it. It is unpressed, so the body stays tender rather than hard and dry. A thin rind, often kept in check once the blue appears, does not dominate the taste. The flavor is salty and tangy, but also sweet, with a lighter feel than many sheep's milk blues.

Roquefort, field guide plate
Roquefort, photographed

Roquefort

Facts

Milk
Sheep
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
France
Place
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
Status
PDO

Roquefort is a blue sheep's-milk cheese ripened in the caves at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, in southern France. The protected cheese uses milk from a defined area, and the ripening happens in those caves.