What is Le Douanier?

Le Douanier is award -winning, superficially injured cheese from Canada; In 2004 she won The Grand Prix for Canadian cheeses. Created by the Canadian cheese manufacturer Fritz Kaiser in 2000 is a cheese -colored ivory -colored reinforced texture, a cream aroma and a hazelnut flavor; This walnut flavor becomes more pronounced as the cheese ages. This cheese is available to buy in many food and supermarkets in the US and Canada and can be consumed in salads, soups, pasta sauces and funds, or with vegetables and desserts. This is obviously a tribute to the closeness of the American-Canadian border from the site of cheese production in Quebec, Canada. A number of ash is also a tribute to the original cheese, which is popular with the surface, Morbier, who inspired Le Douanier production.

Morbier Cheese, which is from Franche-Comte Regive France was traditionally made of the residual curd of another famous cheese, Comte. Was usual to place a layer of ash on the curd to keep overnight untilOther remnants of the following morning will not be added to it. At present, however, the ash is symbolic, because both types of cheeses are made of a single dose of cottage cheese. Morbier and Le Douanier are cow's milk cheeses, the difference is that the production of the former requires raw milk and the production of another requires pasteurized milk.

Le douanier cheeses are made in round doses, each dose generally weighing about £ 6.6 (3 kilograms). Bacterial cultures that help to get cheese produce small holes in the body of the cheese and add to its character. The body of the cheese is added a thin line of maple wood ash.

cheese lots are cured and washed to help with the formation and gros thin, copper color; The cheeses are usually subjected to the growth of the surface forms for maturation and then washed with salt water, alcohol or fruit juices. Le Douanier cheeses are then stored in a special storage room for 10or 12 weeks. This storage process is known as aging and it is necessary to age the cheese to improve the cheese taste and to be tastier; Some cheese can be stored for several years. Like most cheeses, Le Douanier cheese is rich in proteins and vitamins and can cause tasty and healthy food.