Bleu d'Auvergne vs Gorgonzola
Bleu d'Auvergne
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Auvergne
Bleu d'Auvergne is a cow's milk blue cheese from Auvergne, in central France. The wheels are flat cylinders, and the ivory paste is cut by blue-green veins. Dairies add a blue mold and pierce the young cheese so air can reach the interior. The paste stays moist and creamy, with a pungent aroma that is strong but usually less salty than a drier sheep's milk blue. It is a cellar cheese for the board, the salad, and the sauce pan.
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.