Le Mi-Carême (named after l'Isle-aux-Grues's traditional Acadian Mid-Lent celebrations) is made by Fromagerie de l'Île-aux-Grues. The island is situated in the St. Lawrence a bit downstream from la ville du Québec. Le Mi-Carême is a cow-milk cheese in the brie family. It is a very sophisticated cheese, full of strong mushroomy and nutty flavours. The Fromagerie de l'Îles-aux-Grues is a cooperative formed by 14 milk producers of the island in 1977. At first producing only cheddar, the fromagerie began producing le Mi-Carême at the end of the '90s. As one who loves the stronger cheeses, I quite enjoyed this cheese on its own after supper. My attempt to make a mushroom alfredo sauce with le Mi-Carême was moderately successful; next time I will tweak my recipe a bit to bring out the rich flavours of the cheese out more. It sells for about $5.80 per 100 grams.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
El niño
El niño comes to us from Fromagerie des Cantons of Farnham, Québec, about an hour east of Montréal, between St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Granby. This is a mysterious cheese with very little internet presence, but don't let that deter you. Simply put, it is hands-down my favourite québécois cheese so far. It's a semi-firm cheese made from raw Jersey cow milk (from the Ferme Janecek herd just down the road in Dunham), with a rind washed with red wine (there is also available a version without the red wine). The delicate taste of the cheese combined with the fruity and sweet taste of the wine equates to an absolutely wonderful cheese experience. I admit I didn't experiment much with this cheese. I have no idea how it goes with this food or that wine. I simply gobbled it all up on its own. My roommates are asking me to buy more. It retails for about $4.60 per 100 grams.
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