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Paris harbours more than just a few fantastic fromageries, where you can discuss the finer points of pasteurisation while making up a platter of your favourites or even dine on dairy delights at dedicated cheese restaurants.
This hand-picked list of our fragrant favourites promises great quality produce chosen by confident connoisseurs — of cheese, sure, but also wines , chutneys and charcuterie to match. About us. Contact us. Discover the best of the city, first. We already have this email. Try another? Cheese bars and restaurants. La Vache dans les Vignes. This tiny cheesemonger by the Canal St-Martin is brimming with dairy delights. Selling a wide range of cheeses, wines and cured meats to take home, La Vache des Vignes also serves its produce on the spot for just a few extra euros.
With seating for just fourteen people, the owners have created a warm atmosphere with bottles of wine stacked to the ceiling When I say typical, I mean he represents a good majority of the French population with regards to his views.
But I digress. Now I ALWAYS include a cheese board with a variety of hard and soft cheeses and or a charcuterie board whenever I host a dinner party or apero at my house. None of the cheeses on my list taste exactly like Cheddar and a couple taste nothing like Cheddar but they still work well in many of my recipes which call for cheddar. You might be interested in reading about French vegan cheese recipes.
Out of all the cheeses on this list, Cantal is probably the most like Cheddar. Real cheddar. Farmhouse cheddar, aged cheddar—the good cheddar.
Cantal is also one of the oldest cheeses in France, pre-dating Roquefort 11th century and is even considered a cousin to Cheddar cheese. Edam is a semi-hard cheese originally from Edam in the Netherlands. The interesting thing about Edam is it never goes bad thanks to its red wax outer shell. The cheese just gets harder and harder as it ages which is kind of weird. Texture-wise, Edam is similar to young, non-aged Cheddar cheese and tastes slightly salty but can also taste nutty.
Mimolette is a semi-hard French cheese with a deep orange colour and nutty tang which grates and melts similar to Cheddar. Cheese mites are the secret to Mimolette cheese. The secret to the earthy nutty taste and its textured crust of Mimolette cheese are microscopic cheese mites that live on the surface of most aged cheeses, chowing down on the microscopic moulds that grow there. For most aged cheese, these tiny bugs are a nuisance and gently brushed away. For Mimolette cheese, mites are encouraged.
The people who lived in the northernmost region of France, which is now Belgium had strong cultural ties to Holland and loved Dutch cheeses—they complained wildly about the ban. Colbert ordered the farmers of the region to produce their own Frenchified better version of Edam cheese and they did. That is how Mimolette cheese was born. Aged gouda is excellent on grilled cheese sandwiches but it goes well with a classic burger too.
HelloFresh France, the meal-kit company featured a Gouda burger on its menu. People often get confused between French Gruyere and Emmental. They are often interchangeable in recipes so I included them together on this list.
Emmental is a Swiss cheese recognizable around the world thanks to its holes. Swiss Gruyere has no holes. Mister Crunch. Here are some other recipes that use Gruyere or Emmental Swiss cheese.
These are just the ones that I can easily find in France, are economical and work well. I encourage you to try different cheeses that have a similar consistency to Cheddar, mainly that they are meltable and somewhat of a hard cheese. Brie would not be considered hard cheese for example. This French white hard cheese from Occitan-Basque is made from sheep milk, and it tastes very mild. The interesting thing is that the center of the cheese has an ash line down the middle that looks a bit like blue cheese but tastes nothing like Blue.
The more aged the stronger the taste. The grade levels for preschool through secondary school in the French school system can be a little confusing. Some grade levels are names. Some are abbreviations. Are you curious about what preschool is like in France? Traditional French mayonnaise, so easy to make, yet so few take the time to do it. But have you ever wondered where this deliciously creamy sauce.
When you buy through links on this site, I may earn a small commission but the price is the same for you which helps me buy more croissants for my kids and run this site. Merci for your support. When I was living in London and Barcelona, I had the same problem with french cheese… They were little choice and not the best products, and even crapy ones were really expensive. Best French cheeses Here are ten great French cheeses, including the most popular cheeses with French consumers.
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