Edel de Cléron is the perfect little substitute for Vacherin Mont d’Or and the best thing about it is that it’s available all year round! It tastes and looks similar, a soft and silky alpine creamy centre is coated in tree bark and presented in an attractive wooden case.
The name ‘Edel’ originates from the fine, dusty white powder on top of the cheese that the producer felt was reminiscent of the regional alpine flower Edelweiss.
£9.95 (approx. 200g)
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What’s it taste like? The taste is very similar to Vacherin Mont d’Or for a good reason. It’s made with milk from cows that graze in the same area as those that supply the milk used to make Vacherin, however Edel de Cléron is available all year round.
Where’s it from? This lovely little cheese is produced by Fromagerie Perrin Cléron, in Cléron, in Franche-Comté, It comes in an attractive wooden box (200g).
PLEASE NOTE sometimes this cheese can have a certain amount of bloomy white mould around the edge that forms between the cheese and the spruce bark coating.
Wine Pairing
L’Edel de Cleron flavour is mild and milky, with a muted echo of the truffle-scent of Vacherin. Pinot Noir works well when the cheese is young, then once ripe, try an Alsatian Riesling or Pinot Gris.
We have a large range of alpine cheeses, this article give you their wine pairings.
Similar cheeses
Vacherin Mont d’Or AOC has a superbly rich creaminess with woody notes that comes from the strip of spruce bark encircling the cheese inside the box.
Morbier AOC hails from Franche-Comté in eastern France. It has a creamy taste you’d expect from a cheese from this region but with a softer texture.
Another Alpine cheese is ‘Tete de Moine’ which means Monk’s Head – a clue to its religious roots. It has a gorgeous alpine milky taste similar to Gruyere. Use a Girolle cutter with Tete de Moine to make beautiful cheese rosettes.
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cutthroat_jake –
Wow!
Wow! If you’re thinking about getting this, DO NOT HESITATE! In a cheeseboard of superstar cheeses this shone!
Dangermouse –
SUPER SUB?
The good people of Pong sent me this as an extra special free cheese in my Xmas order. I had never heard of it before, but having tried it, I am very pleased. Thank you Pong people.It is indeed very similar to Vacherin Mont D’Or, which is no bad thing, the texture is almost liquid ,the taste creamy and if you can buy this all year round , Mont D’Or may just have become a thing of the past!