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GRAND NOIR
Käserei Champignon
Lauben, Germany
Even for a double cream blue, this WCCC Best of Class
and ICDA Gold-winning cheese's decadence takes you by
surprise. What little veining is present evokes blue velvet,
while the surrounding paste smacks of pure cream cheese.
KÄSEREI CHAMPIGNON
GRAND NOIR + DRIED APRICOTS
AND BUCKWHEAT HONEY
When paired with sulfured dry apricots and
buckwheat honey, a third taste is created
that's somehow greater than the sum of its
parts. Savor it as long as you can, then slake
your thirst with something sweet and lively
like Amontillado sherry or Barolo Chinato
(or Ethiopian Tej, if you want to branch out).
