Bonne Bouche is an aged
goat's milk cheese
Goat cheese, or chèvre ( or ; from French language, French ''fromage de chèvre'' 'goat cheese'), is cheese made from goat's milk. Goats were among the first animals to be domesticated for producing food. Goat cheese is made around the world w ...
made by
Vermont Creamery
Vermont Creamery is a creamery and artisanal cheese and butter-maker in Websterville, Vermont, USA. It was founded in 1984 by business partners Allison Hooper and Bob Reese. Previously known as the Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, the company ad ...
, of
Websterville, Vermont
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,
United States
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. "Bonne bouche" is
French for "tasty bite".
Made with fresh pasteurized goats’ milk from
Vermont
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and
Canadian
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farms, the curd is hand ladled, sprinkled with poplar ash, and aged to develop a rind. This cheese develops a wrinkled,
geotrichum
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-rind also known as a "geo" rind. After aging for ten days at the creamery, the cheeses are packaged and sent to market where they will continue to age up to eighty days. As a young cheese, the rind has a pleasant yeast flavor and creamy interior becoming softer and more piquant with time.
Awards
*2011 — Soft goats’ milk cheese plain, mold ripened:
World Cheese Awards
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*2012 — Best Cheese or Dairy Product:
Fancy Food Show
*2013 — 1st Place American Originals Recipe:
American Cheese Society
See also
*
List of goat milk cheeses
Goat cheese is produced using goat milk, the milk of domestic goats. Goat milk is commonly used to make cultured dairy products, including cheese. Myriad goat milk cheeses are produced around the world.
Varieties
* Anari cheese
* Añejo che ...
References
External links
Vermont Creamery website
American cheeses
Goat's-milk cheeses
Vermont cuisine
Food and drink companies based in Vermont
Products introduced in 2001
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