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Brie (/ b r iː / bree; French:) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie (itself from Gaulish briga ("hill, height")), [1] the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne).
A modern legend identifies as Brie de Meaux a certain cheese dating to the seventh century, "rich and creamy", with an edible white rind that in the 774 AD Frankish Emperor Charlemagne first tasted in the company of a bishop and approved, [1] requiring two cartloads to be sent to Aachen annually; the site, not mentioned in the anecdotal but unreliable ninth-century life of Charlemagne, De ...
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Map of major AOC cheeses – the size of the symbol equates to the size of production. This is a list of French cheeses documenting the varieties of cheeses, a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms, which are found in France.
Brie region in France. Brie (/ b r iː /; French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a historic region of northern France notable in modern times for Brie cheese. [1] It was once divided into three sections ruled by different feudal lords: the western Brie française, corresponding roughly to the modern department of Seine-et-Marne in the Île-de-France region; the eastern Brie champenoise, forming a ...
The cheese was a soft, mild blue cheese with an edible white rind, [16] much like Brie, and was inspired by French cheeses. Production ceased in 1992. Oxford Blue [17] Renegade Monk – an English, ale-washed, soft blue cheese made by Feltham's Farm from organic cow's milk.
The cheese has been sold since 1983 [1] and is still produced by Champignon. In English-speaking countries, Cambozola is often marketed as blue brie . It is made from a combination of Penicillium camemberti and the same blue Penicillium roqueforti mould used to make Gorgonzola , Roquefort , and Stilton .
The list excludes specific brand names, unless a brand name is also a distinct variety of cheese. While the term "American cheese" is legally used to refer to a variety of processed cheese, many styles of cheese originating in Europe are also made in the United States, such as brie, cheddar, gouda, mozzarella, and provolone.