The maturing of Comté cheese begins with salting, which is done by soaking in brine or salting with dry salt over the entire surface of the cheese wheel.
It is then rubbed with morge (leaven).
It is matured for a minimum of four months, but much more often for eight to ten months, or even eighteen to twenty-four months.
Abondance is made in Haute-Savoie with the whole milk of cows called "d'Abondance".
It is matured for four to six months in a cool, damp cellar with washings.
Only three breeds of cows are allowed to produce the milk.
Beaufort is a raw cow's milk cheese with a pressed cooked paste.
It is moulded in the shape of a wheel with a slightly concave heel.
It is a cheese produced in Savoie in a production area that includes the Beaufortain valley from which it takes its name.
Data sheet
- MILK
- Cow
- TEXTURE
- Flexible and creamy
- ALLERGEN
- Milk
- GRASSE MATERIAL
- 32 %
- PROVENANCE
- Savoie/Haute-Savoie/Franche -Comté
- SEASON
- Toute l'année
- SUGGESTED WINE
- Apremont/Chablis/Crépy
- INTENSITY
- médium
- APPELLATION
- AOP
Specific References
- EAN13
- 3871410600008
fondue comté/abondance/beaufort
A three-cheese fondue with a subtle blend of Abundance PDO and its delicate hazelnut flavour, Beaufort PDO "the prince of Gruyères" with its firm, ivory to pale yellow paste, gives a fruity and unctuous flavour.
And the "lord of the cheeses" from the Franc-Comtois region, a Comté cheese of 18 months PDO, slightly salty, which will enhance your fondue.
Cheeses made from raw cow's milk.
*Once grated, the fondue must be consumed within 4 days maximum!
Minimum 200 gr of cheese per person