Brie de Meaux vs Cornish Brie
Brie de Meaux
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Île-de-France
Brie de Meaux is a soft cow's milk cheese from Île-de-France, in France. It is the large, flat form of Brie, with a white bloomy rind and a pale cream paste. The name points to Meaux, a historic center of the Brie country east of Paris. Makers use raw milk, and the wheel ripens from the outside inward. A ripe slice can show a softer line under the rind and a slightly firmer center.
Cornish Brie
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Cornish Brie is a soft cow's milk cheese from the United Kingdom. The name points to Cornwall, and the make follows French brie, with a white bloomy rind around a yellow buttery paste. At peak, the center turns soft and sometimes gently runny, while the flavor stays mild, creamy, and a little mushroomy. It is a British cheese in a French shape, not Brie de Meaux and not a blue. Cow's milk from that part of Britain gives the paste its deeper yellow color.