Vacherin Mont d'Or

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Vacherin Mont d'Or (French pronunciation: [vaʃʁɛ̃ mɔ̃ dɔʁ]), or simply Vacherin ([vaʃʁɛ̃] ), is a cow's milk (French vache, "cow") cheese. Two main types of French or Swiss Vacherin cheeses exist. One type of Vacherin cheese is called mont d'Or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, from France, or Vacherin Mont-d'Or from Switzerland (though it tends to just be called Vacherin in the local shops). It is a soft, rich, seasonal cheese made from cow's milk in Switzerland and France, usually in villages of the Jura Mountains (an origin that has been officially controlled since 1981), and has a grayish-yellow washed rind. The cheese is wrapped in a "sangle" made from the cambium of a Norway spruce tree (French: Épicéa commun) for about two weeks at least, which gives the cheese a unique flavour. It typically contains 45 to 50 percent milk fat (in dry matter), and is produced between August 15 and March 15, and sold between September 10 and May 10. The Swiss Vacherin Mont d'Or is generally made with thermized...

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