🇫🇷PDOCheese & Dairy
Brie de Meaux
Also known as: King of Cheeses, Roi des Fromages, Brie
The full description of this designation is still being verified against the EU register.
Tasting notes
Île-de-France cow's milk soft bloomy-rind cheese aged minimum 4 weeks. White Penicillium candidum rind, ivory-cream paste, distinctively soft to oozing creamy texture at peak ripeness, mushroomy-buttery flavor with pronounced fresh straw and toasted-cream notes — the historical "Roi des Fromages".
HoReCa use
Plateau de fromages essential (kingpin position); served at room temperature for full ooze; in baked Brie en croûte; with fig jam and walnut bread; pairs with Champagne and Pinot Noir.
Packaging
- wheel-full-2.5-3kg
- wheel-half-1.5kg
- wheel-quarter-700g
- wedge-vacuum-300g
- wedge-vacuum-150g
- mini-coulant-200g