Blue Cow’s milk

Fourme d’Ambert

The gentlest of the great French blues, in a tall narrow cylinder.

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

Possibly the oldest French cheese still made — a carving in a chapel at La Chaulme is said to show it. It comes as a tall cylinder about 13 cm across rather than the usual squat wheel.

The blue is mild and the paste is unusually smooth and creamy, so it is the blue to hand someone who says they do not like blue. Locals soak it in Sauternes, which is not subtle but is very good.

Tastes of

cream mushroom mild blue hazelnut

Put it next to

Sauternes Pear Brioche Walnut