Bleu d'Auvergne is a French blue cheese named after its place of origin in the Auvergne region of south-central France. The cheese can be made from raw or pasteurised milk and is sometimes attributed as cow’s milk version of Roquefort (although it is much creamier and buttery). It was awarded AOC status in 1975 and is available in both artisanal and industrial versions.

Bleu d'Auvergne is creamy ivory colour, dotted with blue-green mould due to the Penicillium roqueforti which gives the cheese its typical bluish-green veins. It is aged for minimum 4 weeks, by which time the cheese showcases its assertive flavours and smooth texture. The rind is moist and sticky unveiling a soft paste with a grassy, herbaceous, and (with age) spicy, peppery, salty, pungent taste. The strong aroma and full flavoured characteristics of the cheese are at its optimum when served with sweet dessert wines such as riesling and sauvignon blanc or strong, robust red wines. The cheese is often used in salad dressings, pastas and also is a good cheese for snacking.

• Made from pasteurized or unpasteurized cow's milk
• Country of origin: France
• Region: Auvergne
• Family: Blue
• Type: semi-soft, artisan
• Fat content: 50%
• Texture: creamy and smooth
• Rind: bloomy
• Colour: ivory
• Flavour: buttery, creamy, grassy, herbaceous, salty, spicy, tangy
• Aroma: strong
• Vegetarian: no

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• semi-hard cheeses: Abbaye de Belloc, Abbaye de Belval, Abbaye de Timadeuc, Abondance, Aubisque Pyrenees, Babybel, Bergues, Bethmale des Pyrenees, Brebis du Lavort, Cantal, ... show all ... , Comte, Esbareich, Fourme de Montbrison, Fresh Truffles, Fromage a Raclette, Istara Chistou, La Couronne - Fort Aged Comté, Laguiole, Matocq, Mimolette (Boule de Lille), Ossau Fermier, Pas de l'Escalette, Petit Pardou, President Madrigal , P'tit Basque, Salers, Tomme de Romans, Tourmalet, Trappiste de Bricquebec, Trou du Cru, Zelu Koloria
• semi-soft cheeses: Abbaye de Citeaux, Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Aisy Cendre, Ambert, Ami du Chambertin, Aromes au Gene de Marc, Baskeriu, Beaumont, Beemster 2% Milk, Bleu Des Causses, ... show all ... , Brie de Melun, Brillat-Savarin, Brin, Brin d'Amour, Calenzana, Chabichou du Poitou, Charolais, Chaumes, Chevre, Dauphin, Fleur du Maquis, Fresh Truffles, Fromage de Montagne de Savoie, Langres, La Vache Qui Rit, Le Brebiou, Le Brin, Lou Palou, Mamirolle, Monastery Cheeses, Mont D'or Lyonnais, Morbier, Morbier Cru de Montagne, Murol, Neufchatel, Pave d'Auge, Port-Salut, Reblochon, Rocamadour, Rollot, Roquefort, Sainte Maure, Saint-Nectaire, Saint-Paulin, Sourire Lozerien, Tamie, Tomme de Chevre, Tomme de Savoie, Tommes, Trappiste d'Igny
• soft cheeses: Affidelice au Chablis, Alpicrème, Amalthée, Anneau du Vic-Bilh, Baby Brie, Baguette Laonnaise, Banon, Barberey, Belletoile, Bleu de Laqueuille, ... show all ... , Bougon, Boule Du Roves, Bourdin Goat Log, Boursault, Boursin, Bouyssou, Brebirousse d'Argental, Brebis du Puyfaucon, Bresse Bleu, Brie, Brie au poivre (Brie with pepper), Brie de Meaux, Briquette de Brebis, Briquette du Forez, Brousse du Rove, Buche de Chevre, Bûchette à la Sarriette, Buchette d'Anjou, Butte, Cabecou, Cachaille, Camembert, Camembert de Normandie, Cancoillotte (Cancoyotte), Caprice des Dieux, Carre de l'Est, Cathelain, Cendre d'Olivet, Chabichou du Poitou, Chabis de Gatine, Chaource, Chaumes, Chavroux, Chevre, Chevrotin des Aravis, Civray, Coeur de Camembert au Calvados, Coeur de Chevre, Coulommiers, Couronne Lochoise, Crayeux de Roncq, Cure Nantais, Delice de Bourgogne, Delice des Fiouves, Dreux a la Feuille, Epoisses de Bourgogne, Explorateur, Figue, Filetta, Fin-de-Siecle, Fondant de Brebis, Fontainebleau, Fougerus, Fourme de Haute Loire, Fresh Truffles, Frinault, Fromage Corse, Galette du Paludier, Galette Lyonnaise, Gastanberra, Gourmandise, Grand Vatel, Grataron d' Areches, Gratte-Paille, Greuilh, Gris de Lille, Guerbigny, Kiri, Laruns, La Taupiniere, L'Aveyronnais, Le Chevrot, L'Ecir de l'Aubrac, Le Conquerant Camembert, Le Conquerant Demi Pont L'eveque , Le Duc Vacherin, Le Fium Orbo, Le Lacandou, Le Marquis Chevre, Lingot des Causses, Lingot Saint Bousquet d'Orb, Livarot, Lou Pevre, Macconais, Margotin, Maroilles, Monastery Cheeses, Mothais a la Feuille, Munster, Nantais, Niolo, Olivet au Foin, Olivet Bleu, Olivet Cendre, Palet de Babligny, Pate de Fromage, Patefine Fort, Pave de Chirac, Pelardon des Cevennes, Pelardon des Corbieres, Perail de Brebis, Picodon de Chevre, Pigouille, Pithtiviers au Foin, Poivre d'Ane, Pont l'Eveque, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Pourly, President Brie, President Light Brie, P'tit Berrichon, Pyramide, Quatre-Vents, Quercy Petit, Regal de la Dombes, Rigotte, Rochebaron, Romans Part Dieu, Rouleau De Beaulieu, Rustinu, Saint Agur, Saint Albray, Saint-André, Saint Félicien, Saint-Marcellin, Selles sur Cher, Soumaintrain, Tomme des Chouans, Tommes, Touree de L'Aubier, Trappe de la Coudre, Vacherin, Valencay, Venaco, Vieux Corse, Vignotte
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