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Cheese Description:
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» Sainte Maure «
Sainte Maure is the masterpiece of Touraine goat cheese. It is rolled in black wood ash and it develops a blotchy, blue-gray rind with age. This cheese is easily recognized because it has a long straw that traverses the middle. The straw is placed there to facilitate handling of the cheese. The ash coating provides a wonderful contrast when the cheese is cut to reveal the stark, white interior. Young cheeses are moist and grainy, but as the mould develops, the cheese dries, hardens and becomes more dense. Saint-Maure has a lovely, musty, citrus flavor that intensifies with age. A Saint Maure farm cheese must have a thin, smooth rind with blue-gray molding. Its "pâté" is a fine, texture white and firm. The aroma is of walnut. The cheese has a slightly salty taste and depending on the period of maturation the savor is nutty.
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