Bleu Bénédictin Cheese

Bleu Bénédictin Cheese has a mild taste compared to a blue cheese such as Stilton.

Made from pasteurized whole cow's milk treated with Roquefort penicillium mould, it is a semi-soft blue with a rind of blue mould dusted with whitish-grey. It is cream-coloured inside, with bluish-green veins of mould.

It is aged for three months. It becomes crumbly on the outside edges, yet smoother and creamier in the centre, and develops a mushroom-like aroma.

It is made in 4 1/2 pound (2 kg) wheels, that are covered in gold foil with a blue striped label for shipping and sale.

It is milder than its sister cheese, Ermite, which is made at the same Benedictine monastery of Abbaye Saint-Benoît-du-Lac in Saint-Benoît-du-Lac on Lac Memphremagog, Québec.

The monks still actually manage the cheese factory and its 11 full-time employees (as of 2009.)
The monastery was founded in 1912; they started making cheese in 1943. Their first cheese was "Ermite" in that year. Production of Bleu Bénédictin started in 2000.

In 2002 and 2006, Bleu Bénédictin won the top Blue Cheese award in the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix. The factory makes nine different cheeses altogether (as of 2009.)

Riedl, Sue. Bleu Bénédictin and Ermite cheese. Toronto: The Globe and Mail. 9 December 2009.

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