Maroilles vs Pont-l'Évêque
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.
Pont-l'Évêque
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Normandy
Pont-l'Évêque is a soft cow's milk cheese from Normandy, in France, with a square shape and a washed rind. The paste is pale and supple, and the rind runs from straw gold to a deeper orange. It is one of the classic cheeses of Normandy, sold as a modest square that fits on a board. The smell of the rind is stronger than the taste of the center. A young square can be sliced, and a ripe one softens toward a creamy edge.