Grand Noir - Käserei Champignon *Half Pound*

Grand Noir - Käserei Champignon, Half Pound

Delight in the unique flavors of Grand Noir. A soft blue from Käserei Champignon, aged inside a black wax mantle that gives the cheese its name and a good part of its flavor.

Why you'll love it

• The black mantle — a waxy black coating wraps the wheel while the blue matures, and the house credits it with the distinctive flavor.
• Melts on the tongue — an extremely creamy soft blue that gives way almost at once, without the dry crumble of a firm blue.
• Veining through a soft paste — the blue runs through pliable cheese rather than a hard, brittle body, so it spreads as easily as it slices.
• Pasteurized cow's milk — sold in half pound pieces so you can buy exactly what you will eat.
• An easy introduction — the texture does the work here: rich and rounded rather than sharp and aggressive.

How to enjoy Serve it with pear, honey or dark bread, or crumble it warm over a steak that has just come off the heat. Port and sweet white wine both work, and so does a malty Belgian ale.

A blue for the middle of the table rather than the corner of the board, rich enough to pass for dessert.