Cheese Database

Cambozola vs Gorgonzola

Cambozola, field guide plate
Cambozola, photographed

Cambozola

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
Germany

Cambozola is a branded soft blue cheese from Germany, made with cow's milk. A wheel has a white bloomy rind and a pale paste marked with blue veins. Extra cream in the make keeps the center rich, and a ripe wheel is almost spoonable. The taste is milder than a firm traditional blue, with mushroom notes from the rind and a gentle blue tang inside. The name joins the idea of Camembert with the idea of Gorgonzola, and the cheese sits between those two styles.

Gorgonzola, field guide plate
Gorgonzola, photographed

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.