Bloomy rind Cow’s milk

Brie de Meaux

also called The king of cheeses

The raw-milk original, sold in wheels the width of a bicycle wheel.

Drawn by the app from this cheese’s own record — paste, rind and texture come from the data, not a stock library.

Awarded to the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as the *roi des fromages* and protected by AOP since 1980, Brie de Meaux is made from raw cow's milk in wheels roughly 36 cm across. It is a different animal from the stabilised supermarket brie: the paste runs at room temperature, the rind smells of mushroom and wet straw, and the flavour builds towards ammonia if you leave it a week too long.

Buy it cut, so you can see whether the centre has broken down.

Tastes of

button mushroom crème fraîche wet straw roasted nut

Put it next to

Champagne Baguette Cider Fresh figs