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Pithiviers au foin

Pithiviers is a soft cheese with mould on the outside that is made from cow's milk and ripened in hay. The originally French cheese is sold as a cylinder of 380 gram that is 15 cm in diameter and 3 cm high. Some hay is usually grown into its white rind mould. The light yellow to white interior has a soft to runny consistency, depending on the ripeness. Due to the hay it has an aromatic taste. Pithiviers au foin ripens for 2 to 3 weeks. Its fat content is 45 percent fat in dry matter.

See also:
albumin cheese,
blue cheese,
pasta filata cheese,
dessert cheese,
extra-hard cheese,
fat in dry matter,
fat levels,
pulled curd cheese,
fresh cheese,
yellow mould cheese,
yellow smear,
semi-hard cheese,
hard cheese,
cheese varieties,
cheese rind,
rennet,
rennet cheese,
storage cellar,
whey cheese,
grating cheese,
raw milk cheese,
red mould cheese,
red smear,
sour milk cheese,
cheese suitable for slicing,
sweet milk cheese,
soft cheese and
blue-white cheese


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| Author: Frank Massholder| Translated from German by: Martina Höppner
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