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Article #212: Meet the King of All Cheeses - The Brie Cheese

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If you are a true blue cheese-lover four weeks (or more), takes place in a
through and through, then just saying cellar. These cellars are specially built
'brie' would excite your taste buds. for the purpose of creating brie cheese.
Perhaps you would even salivate. Brie These cellars should maintain a certain
cheese, with its rich history to back it temperature to ensure that the fragile
up and a truly impeccable taste that cheese is not destroyed. Since this is
matches meat, vegetables, fruits or so, brie cheese manufacturers are not
sauces, deserves more than a minute of assured that maturation would really take
attention. place. Much risk is involved in this type
According to some legends, Emperor of business.
Charlemagne of France had his first bite The 'real Brie' naturally develops molds
of the creamy cheese and instantly fell around its exterior while the commercial
in love with it. Who wouldn't, anyway? ones have to be sprayed with spores
Brie cheese tastes fruity and is also (artificial ones) around the edges to
soft and creamy. Perhaps your interest develop the same result. The moldy
towards this type of cheese would be exterior is actually edible and should be
doubled if you would learn that served together with whatever food goes
Charlemagne's dying wish was to have a with the cheese or when it is served,
'last bite' of his favorite brie! But all alone, as an appetizer.
of that was way back in the eighth Now let's get down to the most
century and until now, the cheese's interesting part: eating Brie. The best
popularity has not waned. way to consume brie is to have it at room
In addition to the famous Charlemagne temperature. As an appetizer, brie cheese
legend, a certain Frenchman named is delectable and very versatile. It is
Talleyrand suggested a worldwide usually paired with crackers, fruits,
competition where judges would decide nuts and even breads.
which cheese was the best. Naturally, There are so many ways of cooking and
brie cheese ran away with the title: presenting brie. And the best wines to go
"King of All Cheeses". with this mouth-watering cheese?
The 'original' French Brie is 'Cote-du-Rhone' (a type of red wine),
manufactured in Seine-et-Marne in Paris. Chardonnay, Beaujolais Nouveau, Burgundy
It got its name from La Brie which is one or Bordeaux (still red) and, of course,
of the provinces of Northern France. champagne. The keywords are: any
Modern day French, call it, well - French sparkling wine.
Brie. For cooking, brie is best used as a
And no one could contest the way brie has topping for certain foods. If one is
withstood the test of time because it interested in knowing some recipes that
still is the number one cheese in France use brie cheese, there are several of
(with about 400+ different types all over them that are offered on some websites.
the country). Examples of brie recipes that you could
It is actually illegal to import this research are:
type of cheese in the United States 1. Baked Brie (with Amaretto)
because milk products that are used for 2. Baked Potatoes with Brie
cheese processes should be aged 60 days, 3. Spicy Roast Beef and Brie Panini
at least. So for those who could not 4. Rose-glazed Brie
afford to go to Paris and buy the 'real 5. Four Cheese Pate
thing', they can buy from those who 6. Brie-stuffed Chicken Breasts
manufacture this cheese locally. 7. Savory Cheesecake
French Brie is made of cow's milk 8. Walnut-glazed Brie
(unpasteurized). Its commercial 9. Upscale Cuban Panini Sandwiches
counterparts, on the other hand, are made 10. Black Olive Pate
of whole or skim milk (pasteurized). True Being able to know the history and the
Brie is a mixture of the following qualities that made Brie 'King' is as
flavors: hazelnut, herbs and fruits. It important as enjoying the meals this
is not cooked. It is only heated to just cheese improves. After all, you just
below 37 degrees Celsius during the stage don't just crown something for no reason.
of renneting. After heating, it is placed Brie IS king and will remain so for many
in mold and sprinkled with dry salt. years more. We can bet on that!
The process of maturation, which is about






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