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by GuB-42
54 days ago
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Bloomy-Rind Buffalo is actually not rare at all, at least in France and Italy. I can find it in grocery stores. Look for "Camembert di Bufala". It tastes as described in the website. Also, while I can't think of hard goat cheese in the same way as Parmigiano-Reggiano, small Crottin-style goat cheese age well in the right conditions. For example, Pelardon can be sold at various stages: fresh, creamy, dry. The very aged kind can exceed a year and looks a bit like a cookie: hard, brownish, much smaller than the fresh kind because it lost most of its moisture. But it doesn't taste at all like a cookie, it is very strong, enough to numb your tongue, you can grate it if you want to. |
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And yes, camembert du buffala is produced and exported. Can't blame the author of the website for not knowing that, I think it is a very recent invention* and in a very minor volume compared to mozzarella of the same milk.
*I couldn't find a source in French or English, and my Italian is not good enough.