A Frenchman's Guide to The Perfect Cheese Board ! Stinky Tasting included...
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- How to Make the Ultimate Cheese Platter, using 6 iconic French cheeses and many delicious World alternative cheeses. Live Tasting / Smelling session included !
To put together the best cheese plate, you must have diversity in milk types (cow, sheep, goat) also in texture : soft, creamy, crumbly, firm and of course in strength too, mild and gentle to naughty and deliciously stinky.
COMTE CHEESE
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strength : 2 out of 5
Its a pressed and cooked cheese made from Cows’milk
Produced in eastern France / moutains of the jura
Alternatives :
- Swiss Gruyère
- Young british cheddar
- in the us, i’ve found
- Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese, from UPLANDS CHEESE in wisconsin
- Tarentaise cheese from Spring Brook Farm in Vermont
ROQUEFORT CHEESE (don’t spell the T)
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strength : 5 out of 5
It’s an unpressed and uncooked cheese made from SHEEP's milk,
Comes from the SOUTH of France, more accurately from the AVEYRON region.
ALTERNATIVES
Here are a few international alternatives to ROQUEFORT cheese :
- ITALIAN Gorgonzola
- British Blue STILTON
- Danish blue cheese
- or even the blue Maytag.
OSSAU - IRATY
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strength : 3 out of 5
Its a pressed and uncooked cheese made from Sheep’s milk
Coming from south-west France, in the pyrenees mountains.
ALTERNATIVES
Here are a few international alternatives to OSSAU IRATY cheese :
- Spanish Manchego is the first that comes to my mind
- Young Italian Pecorino as well
- From the us Gran Queso, in wiconsin.
MOTHAIS GOAT CHEESE
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strength : 3 out of 5
SOFT-RIPENED cheese made with Goat’s milk, wrapped in a chestnut leaf,
Coming from western France, a region called POITOU
ALTERNATIVES
Any creamy goat cheese would work, so :
- Italian robiola di capra
- Bonne Bouche cheese, in Vermont
- or in California : Humboldt FOG from CYPRESS grove,
EPOISSES CHEESE
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strength : 4 out of 5
Washed-rind Cheese made from cow’s milk, coming from Burgundy, in the center of France.
ALTERNATIVES
so Here are a few international alternatives to EPOISSES cheese :
- Ardrahan cheese from Ireland
- German Limburger
- British stinking bishop
- Italian taleggio (g-i-o)
CHAOURCE CHEESE
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strength : 3 out of 5
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow’s milk.
Coming northern east France, the CHampagne ardennes region.
Even if it has its own personality, in many aspects, it is similar to BRIE cheese, and that’s why I chose it.
ALTERNATIVES
As BRIE cheese is produced all over the world, it is the perfect alternative to CHAOURCE CHEESE. Example :
- Brie from King island dairy in Australia
- Cornish Brie from the UK
- or really, any Brie cheese in the US.
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Lots of love,
Alex
"I'm taking another bite. You know, for science...
...science my ass"
Love this man
lmll samee
Instablaster.
At least he knows not to fool himself
loved the content, but seriously how satisfying is to see that guy wrapping the cheese omg
............... and cutting into the cheeses themselves..... particularly the velvety, spreadable ones...
I thought it was just me!😍
He's so good at it. It's like a cheese present. And cheese presents would be nice. Even those common cheese presents you get at Christmas time are good. These must be amazing.
This is one of your best videos. Incredibly informative, very well researched, and of course fantastically edited. Alex, I wish you nothing but succes, because you are one of the hardest working youtubers I know.
The only problem is he forgot to put salame or some kind of meat on it. If you have bread and cheese you need meat like bacon or sausage.
hay woods he assembled a cheese board, not a chacuitre board
"It smells like someone trapped in a cave." LOL
it is a pun... Roquefort is preserved in caves, not factory rooms
This is seriously the most underrated channel on TH-cam. I studied abroad in Paris and you are filling some sort of nostalgia for me every time you post these awesome videos. Keep it up, Alex!
I’ve worked for a cheese distributor in Denmark, and I’ve tasted your entire collection in this video. I must say it’s nice to see some reactions and your take on each cheese’s international substitutes
I'm in love with cheese. That cheese board is the sexiest most beautiful thing. I could eat this every meal for days and not get bored.
ghaida h Me too. Cheese can be eaten in so many ways that in my house we have cheese in almost every meal x)
Holding onto resentment
only deepens our sadness.
Showing compassion opens our hearts.
One of the best things about Montreal is I can find all of these cheeses with relative ease!
Hodo so true!
Hodo Awesome. Canada also has great cheese. We are fortunate to have great cheese shops in our bigger cities.
agreed, from Toronto!
Hodo yeah, but unfortunately once the cheese is gone, youre still in Montreal :/
But it costs you at least twice as much.... screw the Canadian dairy board; good cheese must be made available to the working masses!
And students....
That good kilo of cheese in Brazil would cost me at least one kidney. lol
Fabio Pelegrinelli Pois é, o queijo minas é 30 o quilo, e olha que eu moro em MG, imagine os mais finos
Absurdo os preços praticados por aqui.
Parmesão (bom)- R$ 60/kg
Gruyere - R$ 80/kg
Gouda - R$ 70/kg
Brie - R$ 80/kg
Se foder esses preços!
make it yourself
Yeah, in Egypt too
That cheese board would be my dad’s dream. He absolutely loves cheese! If he could, he would just eat good bread with some butter and cheese (with some good wine, of course). He’s still very slim, though. And he speaks French... He’s not French, though.
So he learned french just to show off to himself while eating chease and having wine? Thats gangsta.
Quebecois?
I'm a fellow Frenchman and I leave just around Paris, so I have the chance to be able to buy all these wonderful Cheeses (Because there's also an awesome Cheese shop right next to my place), and I have to admit that my American friends would go CRAZY for it! 😁😁
I've spent a lot of time in Florida for vacations on multiple occasions and I can tell you guys for sure that sadly, there aren't such tremendous cheeses like these over there.
Still, I was able to find some pretty decent Italian cheeses there.
But if like me, you're a "Cheese lover", you guys definitely need to plan a trip to France! And remember once there to ONLY buy from specialized Cheese shops and absolutely NOT from Supermarkets! This is mandatory if you want to experience THE genuine French' cheese experience! 😉😉
Just gotta say. I really appreciate you mentioning US cheese too. Most people in the US don't know what good cheese we have that's local. Also I'm from Wisconsin and had some Gran Queso a few weeks ago. Thanks a ton Alex!
Yeah. For a country as big as the US, there's bound to be a region that specializes in diary products. So you've got Wisconsin. And since the love for good cheese is universal, there *_must_* be some small local producers of high-quality cheese. The difficulty is just finding the right ones.
I hear us Brits do 'French' accents all the time (inc. me), but I've never heard a French person do an English accent. I loved it! MUCH better than the Americans doing it.
Toutes nos félicitations!
I went to France last summer and I ate Comte for the very first time and I was amazed but then I went and visited the tunels where they make the roquefort cheese and tased it for the very first time and boy was I in love. I brough home half a killo of chese that was ate not two weeks later. And nothing comes close to roquefort so take that gorgonzolla and place it on the cheese board because it is indeed delicious but it is not roquefort.
Humbolt Fog (from here in California) is one of my favorite cheeses...thanks for the call out 😍
I wish I lived in France after watching this video!
trust me you should.
And there is a loooooooot more cheese to taste and love 😍
In fact France is the country with the most types of cheese. Beautiful country indeed.
I'm lucky most of the well known cheeses are available in belgium as well
@@paulinouillessautees the Italian one is on another level
@@MrJcalvino nope. The most variety of cheese is in Italy
Great video! Cheese, cheese, and more cheese, it's always a winner! :)
That cheese store looks like my heaven..... I definitely want to try this!
My older sister had a french exchange student and since i was at a very young age at that time i wasn't realy able to communicate with her, due to a lack of language knowledge. But I pretty well remember how exited Delphine was when she found some cheeses she knew and convienced us to try them, Comte was one of them. That's clearly when my cheese-addiction started :-) Since then i tried cheeses from all over the world and the sheer range of tastes is incredible. Mercie, for enrichen my knowledge again.
I've become rather fond of adding mustard as a side. I know it's normally more of a charcuterie thing, but with the right cheese, it can be quite a lovely pairing, especially a Dijon.
Do you k ow how excited I was when I saw this!!! AHH love cheese boards!! "science my ass" haha #spreaditlikebutter
I'm taking French at college, and my latest assignment is to create a 5 course dinner menu, and your channel is definitely helping! Now I know how to craft a cheese plate!
Epoisses is my absolute favourite. Expensive, but incredibly flavoursome, deep, creamy, beautiful beyond description.
I would love to see some videos from you speaking in French, Alex!
- Spanish guy learning French.
Ima simple man, comté, cheddar, Gouda, manchego and raclette are my favorite European cheese. On the other hand, being french and mexican also makes me have a soft spot for mexican cheeses
Actually Mexico had one of the best cheeses in the wolrd this year called Flor de queso. Also, Manchego and Oaxaca are probably the most known mexican cheeses and they're very good but also very fresh so it's not really strong. Anyways, cheese is beautiful no matter where it's from as long as it's properly made.
insanely good video! This is why i follow you. So much detail and heart put into it
I'm hosting a cheese and wine party next week and I bought absolutely ALL THE CHEESES you showed (I'm lucky enough to live in Switzerland). I have high expectations, Alex, hopefully it won't disappoint! Cheers!
It is time to plan a trip to France just to get my hands on some of these selections. It is nice to see someone with a cheese passion as well, Ty Alex.
Chaceuterie platter
Being from California, that shoutout was wonderful.
One of my favorite cheeses is Humboldt Fog. It's smooth and creamy as mentioned but with a fine layer of a blue running through it.
Great to show beginners to blue cheese. 😂 They always fall in love.
comte is my favorite! for those of you in the US, it can be easily found in any trader Joe's :) i love it with dried apricots and toasted almonds
Don't ever stop what you're doing Alex! I live vicariously through you 😂👌
I love your videos. They are informative and cover such diverse culinary topics. Somehow you also always make me laugh. It is a great combination.
I drink the same wine in summer when I eat cheese!
What a fantastic choice.😊
I live nearby the French border so we usually get either wine
from Alsace, Baden, Pfalz or Württemberg.
Our Mountains are plastered with this specific
grape type and they are quite sweet but not very acidic.
There are a lot of stinky cheese in Vermont. This is a helpful video. Thanks
This is my favorite. Le fromage, c'est le roi du monde! Beautiful!
Hmmmmm - can taste and smell it from here - thanks for putting this video together.
But I would have two questions for the French expert:
1.) which order would you suggest for tasting the cheeses?
2.) which wine would you recommend to go with the different cheeses? (White, red, region,...)
Thx in advance for your comments.
+Michael Freyer Cheese from peaceful to daunting. Would you use only one wine ( my case) go for an aromatic dry wine : Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Riesling... A good trappist or white beer could do wonders too.
Michael Freyer CAT PEE SMELLS LIKE CAT PEE
Alex French Guy Cooking Thx Alex!
I wanted to jump through the screen and join you in the taste testing! I love cheeses, with wine, how heavenly!! Thank you for introducing me to some exquisite cheese! I’m so grateful I found you!! You’re truly so awesome, & adorable! Xoxo
Wooooow I've been to that fromagerie about a year ago!! It is simply amazing the variety of fromages there are. I bought the 36 months old Comté. Or maybe it was 24. Anyway, awesome shop!
PRAISE THE COMTE AND THE GOAT CHEESE!!
You are officially my favourite youtuber. Keep making these awesome videos !
Salut from New York City :)
***Most of these cheeses can be found at Murrays Cheese for those of you who live in the city***
J'adore le fromage :))) sans modération :))))
D.i.S VINCENNES Putain avec modération
I don't even speak french and yet I know you're saying that you love cheese. Me too man, me too
being a non French speaker I must say: oui!! oui moi aussi!! ^_^ yum
He said “I love cheese, but in moderation” and the other person roughly said “to hell with moderation”
Harry Ward but doesn't sans mean without? So the first person said I love cheese without moderation not in moderation.
Love love the Pyrenees cheese. My cheddar substitute while in France. Awesome on homemade white bread with thick butter and black currant jam. BTW, love the duck eggs at the scale in the shop.
"Friends and Family" Ha! *Eats the whole things* Ha!
We always have a cheese board in the center of the counter at dinner parties and it's my favorite because everyone stands around drinking, eating good food and talking. It's beautiful.
J'adore Comté ❤️ The only cheese of this type that I prefer is Beaufort. Comté is easy to find where I live in Devon, UK but Beaufort is much harder to get. I recently visited family in The Cotswolds and there was a French market of all things in the market place with a wonderfully knowledgeable French lady selling a massive range of incredible French cheeses. She had Beaufort, of course, and I got the biggest piece I could afford!
I had the chance to visit a "Fromagerie" where the Beaufort was made, and I bought half a kg to bring back home. In the 5 hours that took the train to get there, i ate it all....
As someone who goes past the place where they make Humboldt Fog weekly, it's a surprise and a joy to hear it mentioned as a good goat cheese choice from someone all the way in Paris!
That is a gorgeous platter. One day, I'll get to taste all these cheeses. :'D
Omg are all French people so wonderfully enthusiastic and humorous?! He’s delightful 😍
I love Roquefort and i love Castello Creamy Blue its very nice but my ultimate cheese is Corsican Tommette De Brebis but it is so hard to get!
You should come to corsica my dude ! The cheeses, the meats, the scenery, nothing to regret !
I have also tried Castello, and it was a mighty experience.
The first time I tasted blue cheese I was a very little girl, maybe about 6 or 7 years old.
I was hooked from that moment on.
Same with marzipan, first taste and hooked for life.
"Science, my arse!!"
...Alex for President!!
Cant belive that you included humbolt. I am 16 and trying to learn different foods, cheeses, wines, and breads, and at a restaurant i got humbolt and have loved it ever since. So far it is my absolute favorite cheese and they even sell it at my local grocery store.Thanks for the videos, they are really cool and inspiring.
So many gifs could be made from this video.
I purchased Brie from Whole Foods that was imported from France. Everyone I let try it with a little sunbutter honey on a baguette said it was delicious--the perfect combination. Thanks for the tips, Alex!
"On va pas s'emmerder !" haha j'adore
Faudrait que tu fasses des sessions dégustations de fromage et vin au studio !!! :) bonnes fêtes
As someone living literally on the banks of the Rhine river (close to Colmar, but on the German side) I can say with confidence that there is no real alternative here to get on your bike, cross the river and get all those magnificent cheeses from your trusted fromagerie (or even supermarkets - they have a decent standard). And while your on the way, stop at your favourite boulangerie, get yourself some fresh baguette - and a nice croissant or pain au chocolat for the way home. Paradise can't be much better...
And even though some of my friends still tell horror stories from back in school when I opened my lunchbox on fieldtrips in a closed space (bus/train), I'll never say that Muenster has a bad smell. It's gorgeous (also: try it as a topping on your tarte flambée)!
Alex, you should have atleast 2 million subs right now
The key of your success is that before being a fun and very good cook you are an artist. A very good one.
As long as you don't call Emmental and Gruyere french, I'm cool! They are also protected cheeses and regions but french add French before their name and it's supposed to be ok. It is not! How would you feel about a Swiss Champagne...or Bordeaux? No way, right!
Anyway, about french cheeses, being a french speaking swiss bloke, I really like Roquefort and you, the french have plenty of amazing cheeses throughout your beautiful and vast country, no need to steal our swiss cheese, monsieur! Sorry, I had to add the punt! I'm really passionate about all cheeses and the amazing thing about cheese is that every country in the world must have amazing cheeses to be discovered! :)
Thank you for suggesting alternative cheeses for other areas in the world, love your channel
This was fantastic and so informative!!! Thank you so much for creating this.
This video inspired me to go to a french cheese shop in Borough Market in London and buy lots of very expensive cheese. I bought Mont D'Or and something that looks like it's covered in mould.
You can buy Comte' at Cosco anywhere in America, c'est un bonne marque aussi!
le "on va pas s'emmerder" MAGIQUE
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm. Your cheese platter looks world-class :-)
My favorite French cheese by a mile is aged Cantal. It's just soooooooo good! I'd stick it in all my sandwiches and eat it after every meal if I could.
omg that cheese board is beautiful!
That conversation sounded very northern Italian as well. And yes, a good taleggio (raw milk, aged in a cave...) has a strong perfume and tastes very, very sweet and mellow. And I eat the rind too.
Excellent video, entertaining and informative. Thanks Chef.
Living in a country bordering France, I've had all those cheeses (and others!) regularly. When it comes to cheeses, no country can hold a candle to France.
For a bit more extravaganza, try "Boulette d'Avesnes", "Brie de Melun", "Brillat aux truffes" and "Gaperon".
Alex, try putting old chesses (pass their best) into soups or stews to add more flavour
Man, I am drooling over my keyboard here. I love cheese (and Bacon) and I believe that's what's life is made of.
+Bruno Mello Wisdom
Woah! Votre plateu à fromage est incroyable! Malhereusement, ici les fromages sont très chers. Salut de Brésil!
Love it Alex !
One comment from a french, I'd say that a french plateau in France would rarely look like this. It's very hard to cut the cheeses here, it's very packed :)
Most french plateau would contain only cheese with maybe some jams or onion confit on the side + bread of course.
Nuts and crackers sound very anglosaxon.
It's funny how cheese fanatics are skinny dudes with glasses 2:24.
mugensamurai I have found that people who treat high calorie foods (cheese, chocolate, desserts, alcohols like wine or beer, cured meats, etc) as an experience and indulgence instead of having the cheaper ones comsumes less, less often, and enjoy them more on the whole. Thus, it's often slim/fit people geeking out over food.
The only people that can have a sustainable relationship with cheese haha.
Not all of us :-)
That's because they're French. They don't pig out like Americans.
and they are probably alchoholics
I went to a cheese place nearby in Michigan called the "Cheese Lady". They told me there are two different roqueforts; one blue and one green. Yours looks more green than blue. It's called Societe' Roquefort here. Wonderful. They also had Ossau-Iraty.
8:36 police stops him "what smells like france in here"
Frenchguy: i surender
There is something about French people speaking english.
I can listen all day to that.
BTW most of these cheeses are luckily for me available where I live :-))
Assembling a quality cheese board is one of my proudest moments ^(*o*)^
Your personality cracks me up, I thought my kids and I came out with zingers. You have the spontanepus no filter too. Ha!
found Epoises cheese in Pikes Place Seattle, the meat and cheese market had almost all the cheeses from this video. Epoises I found out to be.... "fragrant" to say the least😂
+gavin georgitsis Haha. Yep. Very very fragrant.
I like to say that Eppoisses is so delicious that it becomes embarrassing when pushed to select a favorite. One would perhaps enjoy announcing something obscure or individual, but we all love the Eppoisses most.
You're my hero. 😘 I am off to buy cheese.
...when the sun comes up and the market opens... 😁
I loved Pikes Market! You’re lucky to live in Seattle. I miss your beautiful state. 😍
also i can never be tired of seeing this perfect emulation of a more vibrant humorous handsome Lestat De Lioncourt
thank you thank you thank you merrrrciiiiiiiiiiii alex✌😘 p.s. "science my ass" almost fell off my chair 😆😂😆😂
Thank you for mentioning the cheese in Vermont, USA. I'm very lucky to live in Vermont and find perfectly made cheese. The artisans have done very well to hone their craft. It's not about beating France, it's to make the best wherever it's possible.
Alex you should do a video on how to make homemade mozzarella
Jassi Sangha Mozzarella is Italian 😌
he made it!
I love watching how they are wrapped
watching this and being lactose intolerant makes me so sad...
Me too, but mate - it's worth the bad tummy for cheese!
lactose gets transformed in the cheese-making process; you should be able to have most of these, actually. Or there's always lactase pills.
Dulce G try sheep or goat milk cheeses then
Olivier Pernet My pal, I tried to eat cheese a few days ago and BBOOOYYYY my stomach and skin absolutely hated me. But maybe it's because the cheese was a type of Mexican cheese that's 'fresh' I need me some lactose pills.
Dulce G Poor you :( Hope you can get those pills and have more cheese!!
I find the creativity, complexity, and variety in cheese to be remarkably beautiful, like an art. That being said, I follow a plant-based diet so I don’t partake myself, but I can still appreciate the beauty of cheese.
wish there was a love button instead of just a like button, didn't mean for that to sound as dirty as it did LOL
"it can bring a family together, or tear it apart for good"
...yeah, sounds about right for the smell of Roquefort cheese lol
Science ON your ass (and your hips and chin) after this! Thanks for the tips Alex!
I meant the fat of the cheese. Smartypants.
I know that when my husband wants a nice strong blue cheese he always looks for a variety called "Dragon's Breath". We've only been able to find it at a few markets in Nova Scotia, so it's a rare treat for him.
There is something oddly sexual about watching someone eat and react to the taste of cheese.
it will lead to "stinky tasting"
Justin, I wouldn't have gone that far... but he did have a good time, and ended with a smile! Lol
Justin, say it: you've just experienced "food porn" & liked it...
Nothing odd about it
I think it just gets back to watching someone enjoy themselves and experience the pleasures food brings, add in a touch of envy and jealousy and you have food porn
With the help of this video and my cheese monger I prepared a cheese plate for next day Sunday lunch. I selected Mothais, Ossau-Iraty, Langres made with milk from the cow, Bicaillou goat cheese, Roquefort, Manchego and P´tit Basque. The Manchego and P´tit Basque I always have in house. Unfortunately you can only get the pasteurised Manchego here in Luxembourg. If you never tried the Langres and Bicaillou you should give it a try.
In the US, the cheese would cost at least $100.
Yeah, some good cheeses cost up to $21/ lb in the U.S. That is over $45/ kg!
His bag was probably around 30 €, about 40$. But it's the kind of plate you make on a special occasion. It's good enough for 10-12 persons.
+Robin D Good cheese is expensive even in France. On this board, there is at least 45€/$55 of cheese so that's more than $45/kg, given his bag weighted 1.1 kg.
(I live in Paris, and that's how much cheese costs in quality shops like this one)
It's more 20-25€/KG if you don't go to bobo shop in paris
damn it's fucking expensive
I loved this so much! I used to work for the cheese department of our supermarkted. We had over 200 kinds of cheese from all over the world it really made me love this product so much! I tasted all the cheeses we had and while seeing this I can almost taste it again..
How much did this video cost?
As a frenchman, I'd say there's about 35-40 euros of cheese, there.
In Paris, it's closer to $50 to $55 I would say, just for the cheeses.
Such a under appreciated video, cant believe ppl rather watch some random ppl on youtube try all kind instant noodle or junk than watch this kind of good jem
What do you think of Gorgonzola Dolce Alex? It's my favorite :D
I don't rate our Australian brie and camembert though. I thought they were fairly good but nothing amazing. Until I tasted a French unpasteurized Brie and to be frank it was so good the Australian version is dog shit in comparison and the people that make it should be ashamed of using the name :o
I have tasted some Australian bries and camenbert cheeses - actually not that bad. Have tasted worse in the UK. Just check what level you have - if you love the good stuff get a level 5 brie. I once travelled on the train with a big wheel if it and the lady next to me nearly passed out from the smell🤣🤣.
I stuck it in our fridge and the next day my sister in law nearly had a vommy when she opened the door.
You know that Gorgonzola is an Italian cheese?
@@jozigirl7114 wtf lmao
That is one mighty beautiful cheese board! Wow!