Flocon de Savoie, 120g
About This Cheese
Flocon de Savoie has a mild, soft paste with flavours of hazelnut and fresh cream. The soft white interior is encased by a fine white satiny rind
TypeN/A
Rennettraditional
RegionFrance
ProducerN/A
Milkcow
RindWhite Mould / Bloomy
€4.50
Story
Chabert cheese dairies use rich and creamy milk from the mountainous region of Savoie France. The milk used to produce Flocon de Savoie comes from the local breeds in the surrounding farms near the dairy. Before leaving the farms, the milk is scrupulously checked and again analysed before being poured into the tanks before its transformation into this lovely little delicate cheese. The Flocon de Savoie is matured in a cellar to reveal a delicate pattern on its rind. To fully develop its flavour during this period and promote even texture, the Flocon is turned by hand every 2 days.
Producer
Chabert produces traditional cheeses from Savoie. Their milk come from local farms focused on traditional pasture grazing and whose practices respect to sustainability in the landscape biodiversity. The milk is produced by local heritage breed cows adapted to the mountains terrain and climate. The three cow breeds Chabert works with are the Abondance, Tarine and Montbeliarde. The cows are free to roam their mountainous pastures to feed on a array of grasses, flora and fauna producing rich milk perfect for cheese making.
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FAQs
Cheese should be unpacked and stored in a cool place, ideally around 5 degrees. Take out about an hour before serving, and allow to come to room temperature. Leaving cheese come up to room temperature (“to chambre”) allows it to develop a fuller, more aromatic flavour. Beware temperatures that are too warm (hot kitchen) and try and let the cheese come up to temperature in a relatively cool place like a cool pantry. Harder cheeses can need a little more time than softer ones.
Cheeses like cheddars that have more open texture pastes where the curd is not heavily compacted during the cheesemaking process can have occasional blue veining. Though this blueing is caused by unintentional rouge pencillium genus mould that has found its way into the cheese, it is often sought after for its contributing flavour.
Frequently, cheeses that start to grow mould while aging, in storage, or during transit can be salvaged and are safe to consume. In the case of blue/white mould that has begun to form, it can be scraped off with regular dinner knife or back of chef knife, and bloomy rind cheeses often begin to re-rind themselves on the cut surface which can just be cut off or eaten.
Spoiled cheese has some key indicators – if you get an ammonia/sour smell or taste then it goes in the bin.
Fresh, high moisture, young cheeses (think mozzarella/ricotta/mascarpone/cream cheese) that have mould growing should be discarded immediately.
Moulds that show up with black or reddish hue should be discarded.
Our primary aim is to provide delicious, quality, safe cheeses to our Sheridans customers however cheese is a living thing with an agenda of its own. If you believe your cheese (or other food item) has spoiled, please contact us immediate at online@sheridanscheesemongers.com for a replacement or refund.
Nutritional Information
Ingredients: cow’s milk, salt, preservatives, lactic acid
Allergens listed in bold
Nutritional values per 100g
Energy: 1218 kJ / 294 kcal
Fat: 24 g
of which saturates: 20 g
Carbohydrates: < 0.5 g
of which sugars: < 0.5 g
Protein: 19 g
Salt: 1.5 g
