Cheese Database

Bonne Bouche vs Selles-sur-Cher

Bonne Bouche

Facts

Milk
Goat
Texture
Soft
Type
Bloomy rind
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
United States
Place
Vermont

Bonne Bouche is a Vermont brand of American goat's milk cheese. The name is French for a good mouthful, and the cheese is sold as a small aged round. Makers use pasteurized goat's milk and dust the curd with ash. A wrinkled rind grows over that ash as the cheese ripens in its wrap. The paste turns creamy, and the goat flavor gets rounder and stronger with time.

Selles-sur-Cher

Facts

Milk
Goat
Texture
Soft
Type
Bloomy rind
Rind
Natural rind
Country
France
Place
Centre-Val de Loire

Selles-sur-Cher is a small soft cheese from Centre-Val de Loire in France. It is made from goat's milk and formed as a low disk or a short truncated cone. Makers dust the surface with vegetable ash, so the rind looks grey rather than snowy white. The paste inside stays pale, moist, and fine. A young cheese is mild and lactic, and a riper one turns creamier, with a clearer goat note and a hint of hazelnut.