Cantal vs Laguiole
Cantal
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Auvergne
- Status
- PDO
Cantal is a pressed cow's-milk cheese from the Auvergne, made in large cylinders, and a protected name. It is one of the old named cheeses of France.
Laguiole
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Auvergne
Laguiole is a semi-hard pressed cheese from Auvergne, in France, made from raw cow's milk. The wheels are large cylinders with a dry natural rind that moves from pale gray toward amber as they rest. Inside, the paste is ivory to straw colored, supple, and firm. The flavor is milky at first, then nutty, with a clean hay note from upland grazing. It is a serious table cheese, not a fresh soft one.