Carre du Berry, Gross to Cut, Delicious to Eat

There are always a few cheeses (I'm looking at you, Delice du Jura) that are just seriously unpleasant to cut and prepare for customers. Today's may not be as great an offender as Delice is but, with the consistency of a softer spongier cream cheese, it made for some very cheesy smelling fingers. But that's boring and sounds like complaining, and who has time to complain when there's a cheese to review!
Carre du Berry is a soft goat cheese made in the Berry region of Poitou, France. It is rindless, though not quite your usual chevre consistency, and covered in herbs, peppercorn, and juniper berries. Yum.

Origin: Poitou, France
Milk: Goat, pasteurized
Rennet: Animal
Affinage: Hardly
Notes: A flat. F sharp minor. Gsus7.
Thoughts: Perhaps one of the softest goat cheeses coming out of France, it is so fresh that it weeps constantly. The mix of toppings makes it truly unlike any other fresh goat cheese that I’ve tried, and gives insight as to why so many small American dairies try to liven up their chevre with “herbs de provence”, though never as successfully as this. The paste is almost salty, which works perfectly with the topping of herbs and the balanced bite of the peppercorn. The occasional Juniper Berry in the mix is delightful and the whole experience is fruity, grassy, sweet, and salty; a complete package of flavors.


Caution
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