Munster

Munster

What it is

Irish monks settled the Vosges valleys in the seventh century and built a monasterium — the word wore down to Munster, and so did the cheese made there. Its orange coat is not mould but bacteria, washed on by hand every two days.

In the kitchen

Alsace eats it with a saucer of cumin seed alongside, not mixed in. The seed cuts the barnyard and the two arrive together.

Goes with

Cumin Potato Onion Black pepper Caraway T65 bread flour Butter Apple

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