Brillat-Savarin vs Red Hawk
Brillat-Savarin
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Burgundy
Brillat-Savarin is a soft cow's milk cheese from Burgundy, in France, and it belongs to the triple-cream group. Extra cream goes into the milk, so the paste is rich, pale, and almost spoonable when ripe. A white bloomy rind covers the wheel. The flavor is mild, buttery, and lightly sour, with a mushroom note near the coat. It is a board cheese and a spread, not a cheese you buy for grating.
Red Hawk
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- United States
- Place
- Northern California
Red Hawk is a soft triple-cream cheese from Northern California, in the United States. It is made from cow's milk enriched with cream, then washed in brine until the rind turns red-orange. Cowgirl Creamery produces it in that coastal region. The name points both to a local hawk and to the color of the rind. The paste is rich, salty, and savory, with an aroma far stronger than a mild white-rind cheese, and the wheels are small enough for a board or a spoon.