Chaource vs Tomme Vaudoise
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.
Tomme Vaudoise
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- Switzerland
Tomme Vaudoise is a small soft cow's milk cheese from Switzerland. The name points to a Vaud tradition in the French-speaking part of the country, and the card gives Switzerland rather than one town. A thin white bloomy rind covers a pale paste that yields under a knife. Young rounds stay mild and milky, and riper rounds grow richer and more aromatic. It is meant for the table soon after it is made, not for long grating like a large alpine wheel.