Maroilles vs Munster
Maroilles
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Maroilles is a cow's milk cheese from Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France, and makers also produce it in Picardy. It is sold as a square or rectangular block with a moist orange-red rind. That rind is washed while the cheese ages, which builds a strong smell well before the first taste. The paste is soft, pale, and savory, with a supple body that slices when fairly young and slumps a little when ripe. In the north it is both a board cheese and a cooking cheese.
Munster
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Alsace and the Vosges
- Status
- PDO
Munster is a washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Alsace and the Vosges, and a protected name. The rind is orange. The smell is strong. The paste is softer and milder than the smell suggests.