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Fleur
du Maquis or also known as Brin d'amour is a cheese from the
French Corsican region made with raw sheep milk. The name of this cheese has
the meaning of "flower of the maquis" which is the nickname for the
region of Corsica.
Maquis is a term for the
bushes where robbers often gather. The milk used to make Fleur du Maquis cheese
is milk from Lacaune sheep. This cheese is sprinkled with a variety of leaves
like rosemary, pepper, and juniper berries.
The young Fleur du Maquis
cheese has a light and sweet taste. The process of cheese ripening is done
during the fall. Maturation makes this cheese sweet, like beans, full of cream
and aromatic. The shape of this cheese is a box with rounded edges.
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