Cantal (cheese)

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Cantal is a cheese from an area of the same name in France and is produced using pasteurized cow's milk. This cheese comes from Pays Vert in Auvergne and is produced throughout the region in the Cantal department and in 41 villages in the departments of Aveyron, Corréze, Haute-Loire, and Puy-de-Dôme.

This cheese is made by putting the curd into a wooden cylinder called le formage. The tool is the origin of the word cheese in French fromage. There are two types of Cantal cheese, namely Cantal Fermier and Cantal Laitier.

Cantal Fermier is produced in the mountains during the summer while Cantal Laitier is produced throughout the year using pasteurized milk. Cantal cheese sold as jeune when aged at least 30 days. While when it reaches more than six months then this cheese is categorized as vieux.