Chaource vs Mottin Charentais
Chaource
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Champagne-Ardenne
Chaource is a soft cow's milk cheese from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It is a bloomy-rind cheese, with a white coat and a tall drum shape that stands higher than a flat Brie. A young wheel keeps a chalky line through the center and a creamier layer under the rind. As it ripens, more of the paste softens and the flavor fills out. The style sits closer to Camembert than to a washed-rind cheese with an orange coat.
Mottin Charentais
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
Mottin Charentais is a soft double-cream cheese from France, made with cow's milk and extra cream. The small cylinder has a white bloomy rind and a pale, supple interior that stays mild. Cream in the milk is what makes the paste lush rather than lean or chalky. French shops sell it as an everyday bloomy cheese, and it is not a long-aged wheel for the grater.