
I read someone describe Doux de Montagne as "French Havarti". That is an overstatement but the cheeses share some aspects. Both are made from cow's milk, usually pasteurized. Both have a pale yellow cream color. Both are soft with small air holes. The very word "doux" means "soft" or "sweet" in French.
If you find a Doux de Montagne in its whole, uncut state it will be a round ball with a dark maroon wax rind. The flavor is more complex than Havarti, more buttery, richer. Not a stellar performer but it can support more powerful cheeses on an evening's cheese course.
Name: Doux de Montagne
Type of Milk: cow's, pasteurized
Type: semi-soft
Produced in: France, Pyrenees
Date Purchased: 12/27/2006
Date Eaten: 12/31/2006
Purchased Where: United States, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, A Southern Season
Price: $12.49/lb.




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