Bleu de Bresse

The Bleu de Bresse, also called Bresse Bleu, is a French blue cheese from Bresse in eastern France. Since the end of World War II, this cheese is produced on a large scale. Therefore he is one of the so-called Industriel varieties.

Typical of the Bresse Bleu is a soft dough, which is crisscrossed with small blue specks. Is made of cheese, which has a white mold rind, in three different sizes. The greatest form has a diameter of about 10 cm and a height of 6.5 centimeters. The cheese then weighs about 500 grams. The smallest cheese have a diameter of six inches with a weight of 125 grams. You are offered directly to end consumers in this form.

As a drink for Bresse Bleu is particularly suitable a sweet white wine.