{"id":9944,"date":"2014-06-12T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=9944"},"modified":"2014-06-10T16:03:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T20:03:32","slug":"comte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/comte\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Comt\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/cheese-library\/Comte\" target=\"_blank\">Comt\u00e9<\/a>&nbsp;may be one of the most diverse cheeses you ever put in your fridge. The <a href=\"\/cheese-iq\/alpine-cheeses\" target=\"_blank\">Alpine-style<\/a> raw cow&#8217;s milk cheese&nbsp;is France&#8217;s most popular <em>fromage<\/em>, enjoyed by 40% of the population. It&#8217;s popular for many reasons, not the least of which is its wide&nbsp;spectrum of flavors and aromas (<a href=\"\/cheese-bites\/comte-cheese-association-updates-aroma-wheel\" target=\"_blank\">83 at last count<\/a>), ranging from roasted onion to grapefruit to wet wool, and everything in between.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you might guess, a cheese with such significance to France has a protected status. Both the production and aging of Comt\u00e9 is governed by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.formaggiokitchen.com\/2010\/06\/18\/what-does-aoc-mean-and-what-does-it-tell-us-about-a-cheese\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>appellation d&#8217;origine contr\u00f4l\u00e9e&nbsp;<\/em>regulations<\/a>, ensuring that all Comt\u00e9 must come from the Jura region of France. Meredith Rottersmann, general manager of Cambridge&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formaggiokitchen.com\/?utm_source=blog_fk&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_content=text_formaggio_kitchen_cambridge_authorbio&amp;utm_campaign=meredithemily11+jura+marcel+petite+05+14\" target=\"_blank\">Formaggio Kitchen<\/a>&nbsp;was able to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.formaggiokitchen.com\/2014\/06\/05\/visiting-fromageries-marcel-petite-with-ihsan-and-valerie\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit a Comt\u00e9 affineur in France<\/a> to see how the large wheels are aged.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All cheesemongers on our counters hear a tremendous amount about Fort Saint Antoine where Marcel Petite ages their finest wheels \u2013 it is a storied and highly respected place for us \u2013 where Philippe Goux, General Manager, and Claude Querry, Chef de Cave, bring wheels of this extraordinary mountain cheese to its full potential.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aging the cheeses involves regular brine baths to help develop the protective rind for a minimum of 90 days, until the correct dense, firm texture is achieved and the 80 to 90 pound wheel hits the desired flavor profile.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make the trip to France anytime soon, there&#8217;s still plenty you can do with Comt\u00e9 at home. Whip up breakfast on the go with <a href=\"\/diy\/breakfast-spread-comte-fig-walnut-jam-bread-fruit\" target=\"_blank\">Comt\u00e9 and walnut-fig jam on crusty bread<\/a>, or try savory <a href=\"\/recipes\/comte-caramelized-onion-tomato-tarts\" target=\"_blank\">Comt\u00e9,&nbsp;tomato, and caramelized onion tarts<\/a>. Still hungry?&nbsp;<a href=\"\/recipes\/comte-dijon-herb-stuffed-pork-tenderloin-dijon-jus\" target=\"_blank\">Comt\u00e9&nbsp;stuffed pork<\/a>&nbsp;makes for an elegant meal next time you&#8217;re entertaining.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Meredith Rottersmann<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much do you really know about France&#8217;s most popular cheese?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":9945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[421],"class_list":["post-9944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cheese-bites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - 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