Vacherin Mont d'Or AOP
Made only in the colder months. Spoon it straight from the box or bake it.
Mont d'Or is one of France's great seasonal cheeses. It's made in the Jura mountains and takes its name from the Mont d'Or, the highest summit in the Doubs at 1,463 metres.
It goes back a long way. Every autumn the herds came down from the summer pastures and wintered in the stables, and there was less milk. Not enough to make the big mountain wheels the farmers made in summer. So they made something smaller: a soft cheese wrapped in a band of spruce bark and set in its own wooden box. That's why Mont d'Or is still made only from mid-August to mid-March.
After a few weeks of maturing on spruce boards, the cheese is soft and runny enough to eat with a spoon. The flavour is delicate, with notes of cream, pine resin and the woodland.
How to enjoy it: let it come to room temperature and scoop it straight from the box. Or bake it: leave it in the box and wrap the box in foil. Make a few cuts in the top, add slivers of garlic and a splash of dry white wine, and bake at 200°C for about 20 minutes. Serve with new potatoes, charcuterie and crusty bread.
Pair with: a Jura Chardonnay or Savagnin, or any crisp dry white.
- Jura, France
- Unpasteurised Cow's Milk
- 390g each
For an after-dinner cheeseboard, allow around 100–150g of cheese per person in total, divided between your chosen cheeses. For cheese as the main event, allow around 200–250g per person.
Choose three to five cheeses for a mix of textures, milk types and flavours.
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