Comté, France's favorite cheese.
Along with Mont d'Or, Bleu de Geix, Morbier and other Tommes, Comté is the emblematic cheese of the Jura massif and the most consumed in France.
In a few numbers :
A wheel of county weighs about 40 kilos and requires 450 liters of milk, from Montbéliarde and Simmental breeds. The maturing periods vary between a minimum of 120 days and 12, 18 or 24 months. A recent trend pushes the maturation up to 36 or 42 months. Do not be afraid of the tyrosine crystals which crunch under the tooth and gently awaken the taste buds: these are not grains of salt but just the mischievous brand of amino acids found in milk proteins. Old AOC (1958) and first appellation in tonnage: more than 1.2 million wheels each year! Finally, to be precise in the middle of all the other categories, know that the Comté is a cheese made from raw cow's milk, with a cooked pressed paste.
