Cantal vs Saint-Nectaire
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.
Saint-Nectaire
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Auvergne
Saint-Nectaire is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Auvergne, in central France. It is pressed, not cooked, and formed into a flat round with a gray, mottled rind. The paste is supple, ivory to pale gold, and usually has a few small holes. The smell of the rind suggests damp earth, straw, and a cellar, while the inside stays milky. Farmhouse and dairy versions both exist, and the label tells them apart.