Gourmet Food Munster Cheese

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Munster le prefere d'Alsace Semi - cow's milk soft cheese - 7.7 oz/230 gr, France. The chief characteristics of this french cheese are firstly the pungent smell, and secondly the soft, smooth paste, with the consistency of melting chocolate. The rind is brick-red, and the paste is fine textured and golden, slightly sticky, and sweet, with the flavor of rich milk, as long as the cheese has been properly matured. Locally, the Munster cheese is eaten with cumin or potatoes boiled with their skins on. Cumin-flavored munster may be bought ready-made. Appropriate wines: Gewurtzstraminer, Tokay, Pinot Gris. Percentage of Fat: 50%

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This Alsatian cheese is similar to the classic Munster, yet a little smoother and elastic, and much more pliable. Very yeasty, Gres des Vosges is also remarkably mild, making it a complex cheese that nonetheless manages to retain its simplicity and subtlety of flavor. You'll find that this is perfect for all palates, so it will go nicely on a cheese board. Adorned with a fresh fern sprig on the top for presentation and flair. Supple and elastic, and slightly on the creamy side. Cow's milk. Wine Pairing: Riesling.

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This is not the Munster with which most Americans are familiar. Alsatian Munster is another animal all together. Munster is virtually the only regional cheese native to Alsace. It has a very pronounced, powerful aroma that is oddly reminiscent of fried eggs. Munster is smelly due to its washed rind. Cheeses such as Munster, Livarot, Pont LEveque, Taleggio, and Limburger are referred to as washed-rind cheeses. They are rubbed by hand with a cloth moistened by a brine solution of rock salt and water. This solution encourages the growth of the bacteria that give these cheeses their characteristically strong flavors and smells, while inhibiting the growth of mold. These cheeses have red rinds, which are actually closer to orange in color. Many cheese connoisseurs relish these cheeses, but they are certainly not for the timid. Their depth of flavor and character is difficult to match, and once you develop a taste for them they will surely rank among your favorites.

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Munster cheese is a classic from the region of Alsace, France. The particularity of this cheese comes from the special cows used for it's production, Vosgiennes cows, animals that migrated from Scandinavia in the 1700s - so Munster is perhaps part Scandinavian as well as French? Characterized by a potently tangy and robust flavor, and a smooth yellowish interior covered with reddish-orange rind, this cheese pairs well with a good brew - beer drinkers, rejoice!