Bleu Bénédictin
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Bleu bénédictin
Bleu Bénédictin is a Canadian blue cheese made by the monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec.[1]
The cheese is a semi-soft, whole milk blue cheese deeply veined with the Roquefort penicillium mold. A wheel of Bénédictin weighs 2 kg (4.4 lb) and has a whitish-grey coating.
The aroma of the cheese is reminiscent of mushrooms and has a creamy, delicately salted flavour. The middle of the cheese wheel is especially creamy.
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- Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac (in French)
- Bleu Bénédictin entry on the Canadian Cheese Encyclopedia.
Categories:
- Canadian cheeses
- Blue cheeses
- Cow's-milk cheeses