Cheese, Benedictine Blue Abbey of Sainte Benoit du Lac
$6.99
The Blue Benedictine is the cheese prepared exclusively by the monks at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac in Quebec. It is a kind of Canadian blue cheese which has a semi-soft texture. The cheese is blue-veined with Roquefort penicillium mould and has a whitish-grey covering. It has a slight woody flavour and gives out an aroma of the mushrooms.
- Rind: natural
- Colour: brownish yellow
- Flavour: buttery, creamy, earthy, grassy, herbaceous, mushroomy, salty, smooth, sweet
- Aroma: buttery, earthy, grassy, herbal, mushroom, sweet