Pouligny-Saint-Pierre cheese

The Pouligny -saint -pierre is a French, made ​​from goat's milk soft cheese. His home is located in the west of the department of Indre, south of the central Loire.

Most conspicuous is the characteristic shape of a pyramid. The side length of the foot is at least 9 inches, at the top 3 inches, the height is 12.5 inches and it weighs about 250 grams. The smaller version is the " Petit Pouligny Saint -Pierre ". Its dimensions are also fixed and are 7 x 3 x 8.5 inches.

For the Pouligny Saint- Pierre, the goat's milk is curdled by adding rennet. With a ladle to fill the breach in the pyramidal forms. After draining, shapes and salting the cheese is laid out to dry on straw mats or bed frames. The maturation takes at least 2 weeks, but mostly he stores 4 to 5 weeks.

Jung has the Pouligny Saint- Pierre a mild, slightly sour taste, in the course of maturation gets the cheese a distinctive nutty aromatic note. Usually it is only offered as a mature cheese. Its fat content is 45 % fat in dry matter.

The Pouligny Saint- Pierre adorns some cheese board. He is excellent with a lettuce that is dressed with walnut oil. Cut into slices on white bread and easy au gratin, it can serve warm wonderful.

The best quality of this cheese is obtained from early summer to late autumn, when the goats grazing on lush meadows.

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