Salers


Type:
Hard
Milk: Raw cow's milk
Animal breed:
Salers
Size of cheese: 50cm
Weight:
45kg
Location: Collandres, Cantal, Auvergne
Altitude: 1100m
Season:
June September
Scale: (farmhouse) 70 cows
 


 


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 Curds about to be cut in the wooden 'gerle' (vat).

 
Curds sitting at the bottom of the gerle ready for lots of pressing.
 
Curds from the gerle are pressed, cut into four, stacked and re-pressed seventeen times and put aside.

 
Pressed curds from 2-3 makes are milled and salted together before going into large cheese mould for final press.

 

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