Peter here! I am so happy you’ve popped over to visit! This is my Passion; Cheese. TastefulMoments – Select French cheese and fine wine combined. Yes, French of course, the quintessence of cheese. I sample TastefulMoments and I want to share as I also want you to do!
Be bold, try to walk down some unknown country-side roads as well. You’ll be amazed how much joy you’ll find. And whenever and wherever you enjoy cheese; go for quality rather than quantity.
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Has there ever been a pyramid in Valençay, Loire France? No there has not. But this little town makes a wonderful cheese called Valençay. It is a relatively fresh chèvre, i.e. it is stored for three weeks which is longer than some other chèvres. It is formed as a pyramid but flat on the top.
Valençay
One story has it that Napoleon once having returned from a disastrous campaign in Egypt stopped at the castle at Valençay on his way home to Paris. As the tradition was he was served local food, cheese included. As this particular cheese was formed as a pyramid this obviously arouse such unpleasant memories that he in a rage chopped off the top of the cheese. So it be, up to this day.
The texture of the cheese is smooth and dense with a mild, lemony, and altogether clean flavor. The basic cheese is unpasteurized but it comes pasteurized as well for the US market.
To drink: Crisp, unoaked, dry Sauvignon blanc. Preferably French.
Bon appetit.
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Artisan cheese this. Norwegian. Had the pleasure of visiting as we passed the other day on our way to a short mountain easter vacation.
Fjelldronning, or Mountain Queen as the translation would be, is a wonderful washed rind semi soft cheese, matured for 4 months at a rather hight altitude. All milk from own cows, Norwegian Red cattle, and unpasteurized. Has a round taste, a hint of sharpness and also some acidity.
Not available other than locally, so if you happen to be in this country that is one of the things you should bring home. If you are one of these must have brown cheese guys; Avdem has some of that as well. Huldreost it is called. With aquavita and juniper berries. A treat.
Enjoy!
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