{"data":{"slug":"morbier","name":"Morbier","country":"France","milk":"cow","style":"semi-soft","style_label":"Semi-soft","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"The one with the black line through the middle.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/morbier\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/morbier","region":"Franche-Comt\u00e9","aka":null,"texture":"Supple and elastic, split by a black seam","rind":"Washed, pinkish-grey","age":{"min_months":2,"max_months":4,"label":"2 mo \u2013 4 mo"},"description":"The line is ash \u2014 originally soot from the bottom of the cauldron, smeared over the evening's curd to protect it overnight until the morning milking could top it up. Today it is vegetable ash and purely decorative, but the AOP requires it.\n\nThe cheese itself is gentle: milky, fruity, with a little washed-rind savouriness at the edge. The seam adds nothing but the story, which is enough.","flavour_notes":["milk","fresh fruit","grass","a mild savoury edge"],"pairings":["Jura red","Cornichons","Boiled new potatoes","Light lager"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"saint-nectaire","name":"Saint-Nectaire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/saint-nectaire"},{"slug":"tomme-de-savoie","name":"Tomme de Savoie","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/tomme-de-savoie"},{"slug":"fontina-val-daosta","name":"Fontina Val d\u2019Aosta","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/fontina-val-daosta"},{"slug":"garrotxa","name":"Garrotxa","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/garrotxa"}]}}