Comte AOC from France

Here’s an interesting snippet about the French compté cheese. Every single wheel of cheese has to go through a grading process before it is sold. If a wheel doesn’t make the grade then it will be used in other products – this is a cheese that is strictly controlled.

On the other hand, if the cheese is acceptable, then it will be receive a brown label and band.

The very best of the compté cheeses will receive a green label. (Helpful hint – take a look at the photograph of our compté on the left).

It’s a lovely cheese to eat on its own but it does go especially well with fruits and preserves. Like the cheese we wrote about yesterday, it’s also a very good cheese for those who like lovely melted cheese. (Perfect for topping French Onion Soup).

It is sometimes referred to as ‘French gruyere’; which most people believe is a Swiss cheese. Our interesting cheese trivia today is that when gruyere was first made, in the reign of Charlemagne, it was made in France, Switzerland and Germany where the forests were called ‘gruyeres’.

This is a delighful cows milk cheese and if you’d like to purchase an entire wheel (they weigh about eighty pounds) it would cost you something approaching a couple of thousand dollars!

Luckily, we have ‘normal’ sizes of compté available. We hope you’ll call in to try this cheese soon  - without breaking the bank
Cheese Culture
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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: 954-533-9178