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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 ...
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 ...
Diana Miller/Getty Images. In order to meet strict production regulations and get the AOP seal of approval, denoting a protected region of origin, Brie cheese (pictured above) must be made in one ...
Brie cheese is traditionally made in wheels; larger ones are trimmed into long wedges, then wrapped and sold at stores, while smaller rounds are sold whole. The goal is to balance the paste-to ...
Traditionally, Brie was produced in large wheels measuring either 22.9 cm (9 in) or 36.8 cm (14.5 in) in diameter. [1] As a result, Brie takes longer to ripen compared to the smaller Camembert cheeses. When sold, Brie is typically cut into segments from the larger wheels, although some variations of Brie are sold as small, flat cylinders.
The National Centre for Scientific Research, France’s state-run science agency, has warned that Camembert, brie and even blue cheeses “could disappear,” owing to a decline in the strains of ...
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.