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Saint-Nectaire is
a French cheese that is in the process of making use of pasteurized cow's milk
and has moldy skin. For centuries this cheese has been produced in the
Monts-Dore area of AUvergne.
France's supreme commander
Henri de La Ferte-Senneterre once brought the Saint-Nectaire cheese to Louis
XIV. This cheese has the fragrant grass, straw, flowers and spices. The color
of this cheese skin can be either whitish or red yellow with mushrooms growing
on the surface.
This cheese is sold in two
sizes. The first size weighs 2 kilograms, the diameter is 20 centimeters and
the height is 5 centimeters. The smaller size is called Petit Saint-Nectaire
weighing 1/2 kilogram, 12 centimeters in diameter and 4 centimeters in height.
If the cheese is made by
hand then there will be green elliptical cap whereas when made using the machine
in the industry there is a square-shaped stamp.
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