Cantal vs Tome fraîche
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.
Tome fraîche
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Auvergne and Aubrac
Tome fraîche is a cow's milk cheese from Auvergne and Aubrac in France, pressed while it is still fresh and sold before a rind can form. The paste is pale, lightly fermented, and left unsalted, so the flavor stays milky rather than sharp. Makers often lift this curd out of the early path used for Cantal, Salers, or Laguiole, then send it to cooks instead of to a long cellar. It is a kitchen cheese, and its reputation rests on hot potato dishes that need stretch.