Camembert cheese

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Camembert cheese is a soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow’s milk cheese from France, famous for its bloomy white rind and rich, earthy flavor.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Camembert cheese canonical 2
Camembert de Normandie 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf PDO cheese
cheese
cow’s milk cheese
soft cheese
surface-ripened cheese
agingTime about 3 weeks
aroma barnyard-like
earthy
mushroomy
bestConsumed within a few weeks of purchase
countryOfOrigin France
France
hasFlavor buttery
earthy
mushroom-like
rich
hasProtectedNameVariant Camembert cheese self-linksurface differs
surface form: Camembert de Normandie
hasRindColor white
hasRindType bloomy rind
hasTexture creamy
soft
milkTreatment pasteurized or unpasteurized
milkType raw cow’s milk
originCentury 18th century
originCommune Camembert, Orne
pairsWith apples
cider
crusty bread
light red wine
pears
sparkling wine
primaryIngredient cow’s milk
regionOfOrigin Normandy
Normandy
rindOrganism Geotrichum candidum
Penicillium camemberti
servingSuggestion served with rind on
servingTemperature room temperature
similarTo Brie cheese
storageRequirement refrigerated
textureWhenRipe runny near the rind
textureWhenYoung firm and chalky in the center
typicalColorInterior pale ivory
typicalDiameter 10–12 cm
typicalFatContent about 45% fat in dry matter
typicalShape small wheel
typicalUse baked cheese dish
cheese board
table cheese
typicalWeight about 250 g

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Normandy knownFor Camembert cheese
Camembert cheese hasProtectedNameVariant Camembert cheese self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Camembert de Normandie
Pays d’Auge knownFor Camembert cheese