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Emmental

Cheese Details

• Cheese: Emmental
• Milk: cow's milk
• Country: Switzerland
• Kind: hard
• Alternative Spellings: Emmenthal, Emmenthaler, Emmentaler
• Description: Emmental is a hard cheese that originated in the area around Emmental, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a traditional, unpasteurised, hard cheese made from cow's milk. It has a mild taste, fruitier aroma and thin rind. The maturation period ranges from 2 to 18 months depending on variety. Emmental has walnut-sized holes and is considered to be one of the most difficult cheeses to produce because of the complicated hole-forming fermentation process. The cheese tastes delicious with a glass of wine, for example, Jura Blanc. Different varieties of the cheese are registered as geographical indications, which includes:Switzerland - Emmentaler AOCBavaria, Germany - Allgäuer Emmentaler with PDO statusSavoie, France- Emmental de Savoie with PGI statusFranche-Comté, France- Emmental français est-central with PGI status