Camembert vs Carré de l'Est
Camembert
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Normandy
- Status
- PDO
Camembert de Normandie is a small bloomy cow's-milk cheese from Normandy, and the protected version of Camembert. It is made to ripen through, from a soft rind toward a supple center.
Carré de l'Est
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Lorraine
Carré de l'Est is a soft cow's milk cheese from Lorraine, in eastern France. The name means square of the east, and the cheese is molded as a square rather than as a large round. A white bloomy rind covers a supple, creamy paste that runs from off-white to pale yellow, often with small holes. The taste is mild, milky, and lightly mushroomy from the rind. It belongs with bloomy cheeses such as Brie, in a smaller and more practical format.