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It is classified as an Alpine cheese. The cheese is made in discs, each between 40 and 70 cm (16 and 28 inches) in diameter, and around 10 cm (4 inches) in height. Each disc weighs up to 50 kg (110 lb) with a fat in dry matter (FDM) around 45%. The rind is usually a dusty-brown colour, and the internal paste, pâte, is a pale creamy yellow. The ...
Époisses (French pronunciation: ⓘ), also known as Époisses de Bourgogne (French: [epwas də buʁɡɔɲ]), is a legally demarcated cheese made in the village of Époisses and its environs, in the département of Côte-d'Or, about halfway between Dijon and Auxerre, in the former duchy of Burgundy, France, from agricultural processes and resources traditionally found in that region.
In larger coopératives quantities of cheese produced may be relatively large, akin to some industriel producers (many may be classed as factory-made [5]). Industriel: factory-made cheese from milk sourced locally or regionally, perhaps all over France (depending on the AOC/PDO regulations for specific cheeses).
Cancoillotte or cancoyotte (French pronunciation: [kɑ̃kwajɔt] ⓘ or [kɑ̃kɔjɔt] ⓘ) is a runny French cheese made from metton cheese, and produced principally in Franche-Comté, [1] but also Lorraine and Luxembourg, where it is also called Kachkéis or Kochkäse in German (cooked cheese). It is a typical cheese in Franc-Comtois gastronomy.
The region has a large and lucrative cheese-making industry, with 40 million tonnes of cheese produced here each year, much of which is made by fruitières (traditional cheese dairies of Franche-Comté); for instance, Comté cheese comes from this region.
Metton is a runny French cheese made in Franche-Comté, mostly used as an ingredient for making Cancoillotte. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The traditional process to produce Cancoillotte with metton is to cook it in an earthenware pot with some water or milk, then to add salt and butter (garlic is an option).
The cheeses are made in a wide variety of styles including fresh, cured, semi-cured and pressed paste, and some are inoculated with mould to make blue varieties. There is a huge variation in the presentation of cheeses, from the hard, dark-skinned, two-kilo Manchego to the soft, small quesitos .
The inside of a gougère. A gougère (French:), in French cuisine, is a baked savory choux pastry made of choux dough mixed with cheese.There are many variants. The cheese is commonly grated Gruyère, Comté, or Emmentaler, [1] [2] but there are many variants using other cheeses or other ingredients.