Cheese University (XXVI): Saint-Nectaire
by Ullrich
Here comes another high representative of the rustic Auvergne region, I very much like the description of its smell by my colleagues from the Eyewitness Companions who call it “old, the smell of a dark and humid cellar, of rye straw, and of mould”. The then Marshal of France, Henri de La Ferté-Sennecterre, a native from Auvergne, brought it to the royal table of Louis XIV in the 17th century (amongst other cheeses from his home country) – and it has […]
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