Neufchâtel

Neufchâtel

What it is

Texts from 1035 already name it, which makes it the oldest cheese in Normandy, though the heart came much later — legend has it that local girls shaped them for English soldiers during the Hundred Years' War. Before that it was sold as a brick or a cylinder, and both shapes are still made.

In the kitchen

It is a lactic set, not a Camembert: it stays granular and salty and will never run. Serve it cool with cider or an apple, and stop waiting for a bulge that is not coming.

Goes with

Apple Calvados Walnut Rye berries Pear Butter

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