Brie vs Olivet cendré
Brie
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Île-de-France
Brie is a soft cow's-milk cheese with a white bloomy rind, from the country east of Paris. The paste ripens from the rind toward the center.
Olivet cendré
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
Olivet cendré is a soft cow's milk cheese from France. The word cendré means that ash covers the cheese, and the rind turns grey from that coat. The paste is ivory, supple, and a little moist, with a delicate earthy taste. Makers have long ripened the rounds in ash, once from burned vine cuttings and now often from vegetable charcoal. It is a table cheese, sold in small cylinders for cutting and spreading.