Bleu Bénédictin vs Gorgonzola
Bleu Bénédictin
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Canada
Bleu Bénédictin is a semi-soft blue cheese from Canada, made with whole cow's milk. Benedictine monks make the wheels, and the name comes from that order. Blue mold runs through a pale paste, under a mottled whitish grey coat. The center stays creamier than the firmer, more crumbly edge. The flavor is gently salted and milder than many famous European blues, with a clear mushroom smell that suits a cheese board.
Gorgonzola
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
- Status
- PDO
Gorgonzola is a blue cow's-milk cheese from northern Italy. The town of Gorgonzola, east of Milan, gave it a name. The protected zone is wider, across Lombardy and Piedmont.