Époisses vs Vacherin Mont d'Or
These two match on milk, texture, type, and country.
Époisses can stand in for Vacherin Mont d'Or. Époisses is a soft washed-rind cheese that can be spooned or warmed when a spruce-boxed Vacherin is out of season.
Époisses
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Burgundy
- Status
- PDO
Époisses is a soft cow's-milk cheese from Burgundy, and a protected name. The rind is washed with marc de Bourgogne, the local grape spirit, while the cheese ages.
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.