Bleu de Bresse

Bleu de Bresse

Country of origin	France
Region, town	Bresse
Source of milk	Cow
Pasteurized	yes
Texture	creamy
Aging time	2-4 weeks
Certification	no AOC
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Bleu de Bresse (French pronunciation: [blø d(ə) bʁɛs]) is a blue cheese that was first made in the Bresse area of France following World War II. Made from whole milk, it has a firm, edible coating which is characteristically white in color and has an aroma of mushrooms. Its creamy interior, similar in texture to Brie, contains patches of blue mold. It is shaped into cylindrical rounds weighing from 125 to 500 grams (4.4 to 17.6 oz).

Production

The curds, inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti, are placed into a perforated mold. After it has formed the desired shape and removed from the mold, the cheese is salted, turned, drained, and covered with pulverized Penicillium camemberti to form the outer coating.

History

Bleu de Bresse originated in 1951 by an agricultural cooperative near Servoz in response to the growing popularity of Italian cheeses. The small packaged rounds were an innovation for the retail market at the time.

French cheeses

AOC	Abondance Banon Beaufort Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu des Causses Bleu de Gex Bleu du Vercors Brie de Meaux Brie de Melun Brocciu Camembert Cantal Chabichou du Poitou Chaource Chevrotin Comté Coulommiers Crottin de Chavignol Époisses Fourme d'Ambert Fourme de Montbrison Laguiole Langres Livarot Mâconnais Maroilles Mont d'Or Morbier Munster Neufchâtel Ossau-Iraty Pélardon Picodon Pont-l'Évêque Pouligny-Saint-Pierre Reblochon Rigotte de Condrieu Rocamadour Roquefort Saint-Nectaire Sainte-Maure de Touraine Salers Selles-sur-Cher Valençay

Unprotected varieties	Abbaye de Tamié Bleu de Bresse Brillat-Savarin Brie Cabécou Cancoillotte Carré de l'Est Chaumes Clochette Délice d'Argental Délice de Bourgogne Édel de Cléron Etorki Explorateur Gaperon Mont des Cats Mimolette Olivet cendré Port Salut Raclette Rochebaron Saint Agur Blue Saint-Félicien Saint-Marcellin Saint-Paulin Vacherin Vieux-Boulogne

Blue cheeses

List of blue cheeses

Ädelost Aura Abbey Blue Brie Bellingham Blue Bleu Bénédictin Bleu de Bresse Bleu des Causses Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu de Gex Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage Bleuchâtel Blue Castello Buxton Blue Cabrales cheese Cambozola Cashel Blue Cheshire cheese Cornish Blue Crozier Blue Danish Blue Dolcelatte Dorset Blue Vinney Dovedale cheese Dragon's Breath Blue Fourme d'Ambert Fourme de Montbrison Gamalost Gorgonzola Grinzola Kraftkar Lanark Blue Lymeswold cheese Maytag Blue cheese Newport 1665 Norbury Blue Oxford Blue Picón Bejes-Tresviso Rokpol Roquefort Saint Agur Blue Shropshire Blue Stichelton Stilton cheese Valdeón cheese Wensleydale cheese Wrekin White

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Bleu de Bresse

Production

History

See also