Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Cheese of the week: Chaubier

Name: Chaubier Cheese

Brand: none listed

Place of Purchase: Wheatsfield Organic Co-op in Ames, Iowa

Country/Region of Origin: France

Price in Iowa: $13.57/pound

Milk
: cow and goat

Processing
: cooked, pressed and the rind is washed.

Texture
: semi-firm

Color
: straw yellow

Rind
: Washed and natural

Aroma
: strong dairy, woody, nutty, spiky (goaty)

Taste:
warm umami, nutty, sharp dairy, piquant (goaty)

Mouth feel
: Firm then yielding, rich, creamy
 
Notes:  This two-milk cheese is renowned for its strong, persistent, goat cheese flavor.  I've had several varieties of goat cheese over the past year, and the spiky piquant tang in this cheese is pretty intense.  In the foreground you have the nice, cozy nutty flavors of a good, aged cheese.  But then there is this BAM of something, which I assume is goat kick.  It's a good cheese, and supposedly great on sandwiches and melted over sausages.


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