Bucheron

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'''Bûcheron''' (sometimes '''Boucheron''', '''Bucherone''', '''Boucherond,''' or '''Bucherondin''') is a goat's milk cheese native to the Loire Valley in France.<ref name="cheeselibrary">{{cite web|title=Bucheron |url=http://www.cheeselibrary.com/bucheron.html |publisher=Cheese Library| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> Semi-aged, ripening for 5 to 10 weeks, Bucheron is produced as short logs that weigh {{convert|3|to|4|lbs|kg}}<ref name="cheeselibrary"/> that are sliced and sold as small rounds in food stores.

Bûcheron has an ivory-colored pâte surrounded by a bloomy white rind. Soft, but semi-firm in texture, this cheese when young has a mild taste and it has a harder texture. As it ages, is gets a softer texture and a sharper, more intense taste. It is a good cheese for salads or for snacking with hearty grained breads, crackers, grapes and fresh figs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bucheron|url=http://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-library/Bucheron|accessdate=8 February 2014}}</ref>

==See also== * List of goat milk cheeses

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Goat's-milk cheeses Category:French cheeses