Rochebaron is a soft
blue cheese made from
pasteurised cow's milk, in the town of
Beauzac
Beauzac () is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Loire department
*Beauzelle
Beauzelle (; oc, Bausèla) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern ...
in the
Auvergne region, in the
Massif Central,
France.
This cheese is one of several that are made by curdling milk and separating the
curds from the
whey. Pressed into moulds, Rochebaron is then pierced with wires impregnated with
Penicillium glaucum to produce blue veins through the soft whitish body of the cheese. The crust of edible ashes is dark matte grey.
Rochebaron is usually sold as a single cheese with an average weight of .
See also
*
List of cheeses
*
List of French cheeses
References
*
{{French cheeses
French cheeses
Occitan cheeses