Livarot
Origin: France
Region: Normandy
Made by: Père Gautier
Type: Soft
Milk: Cow
Milk Treatment: Pasteurised
Coagulant: Traditional Rennet
The brine-and-annato washed, Normandy cousin of Langres, Livarot’s five strips of raffia binding give it the nickname “The Colonel”.
Characteristics: soft paste encased in orange rind; supple, pungent; spicy, unctuous, salty.
Best with: traditionally, Livarot is baked with hole to accommodate a glug of Calvados.