Brie de Meaux

Brie de Meaux

What it is

The curd goes into the mould in layers, lifted by hand with a pelle à brie — a flat perforated shovel — because a pump would shear it. Some twenty-five litres of raw milk make a single wheel a little over thirty-six centimetres across, most of which then leaves again as whey.

In the kitchen

Ripe means the paste bulges but still stands. A chalky white line down the centre means another week at 10 °C, wrapped in paper — never film, which suffocates the rind.

Goes with

Butter Apple Walnut T65 bread flour Grape Black truffle Black pepper Cider vinegar

Same species

Brie de Melun

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