Édel de Cléron vs Vacherin Mont d'Or
Édel de Cléron
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
Édel de Cléron is a soft cow's milk cheese from France. It is a relatively recent cheese, made to sit close to Vacherin Mont d'Or in taste, shape, and texture, and it is produced through the whole year. The milk is lightly pasteurized, and the paste is creamy and soft under a white bloomy rind. A strip of spruce bark circles the cheese, and the wheel sits in a small wooden box. The bark gives a light wood aroma while the cheese ripens.
Vacherin Mont d'Or
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Franche-Comté
Vacherin Mont d'Or is a soft cow's milk cheese from Franche-Comté, in France, packed in a round spruce box. A strap of spruce bark holds the wheel, because a ripe paste is too soft to stand on its own. The rind is washed, pink to amber, and often a little wrinkled. The interior is pale cream, and a ready wheel can be eaten with a spoon. A related cheese is made in Switzerland, but the cheese on this card is the one from Franche-Comté.