Selles-Sur-Cher

$21.00 / 6 oz Wheelprice is $21.00 by 6 oz Wheel

Selles-Sur-Cher

Pasteurized
Animal Rennet
Age: 3-5 Weeks
Goat Milk
by Murray's Cheese
France

Approachable
Adventurous
Soft
Hard

Unaged goat’s milk cheese arrives from France’s Loire Valley to Murray’s aging caves, where it’s coated in vegetable ash and salt which develops the perfect rind. Thin and cohesive, the rind cloaks a tiny, oozing creamline atop a fluffy paste with the texture of damp clay. The mineral flavor of the rind gives way to a briny, tangy center with notes of freshly-mowed grass. Balance its earthy notes with some Rustic Bakery Meyer Lemon Shortbread cookies and a spoonful of Red Bee Honey in a Jar.

“The fresh, clean, and tangy notes of this cheese make it the star of any cheese board. It also makes a great appetizer—I like it with honey and a fruity wine like Chinon.”

Murray’s Catering – New York, NY

Pasteurized Goat's Milk, Animal Rennet, Lactic Starters, Salt, Food Coloring: Black Carbon

Allergens: Milk

Produced in the Loire Valley in France, Selles-sur-Cher is made with pasteurized goat’s milk.
The milk is hand-ladled into molds, and young rounds arrive from France to age in Murray’s Caves.
When still fresh, wheels were traditionally dusted with burned grape vine ash to help develop the molded rind.
Today, some wheels arrive ashed, but our caves team prefers to ash the unripened wheels with vegetable ash themselves to better control the process and create a more consistent cheese.
Though tasteless, the ash balances the acidity levels on the cheese, encouraging the mold to grow and the rind to form.
Selles-sur-Cher was first made in the 19th century, when the unaged wheels were coated in burned grape vine clippings from Loire Valley vineyards.
The temperate climate of the Loire Valley, often called “the garden of France,” provides excellent conditions for cheesemaking.
Selles-sur-Cher was awarded AOC (“Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée” or “controlled designation of origin”) status in 1975 and to be named as such, it must be made in either Cher, Indre, or Loire-et-Cher in France.
Designated “Murray’s Cave Aged”

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We build strong relationships with our talented production partners. They trust our team to handle the extraordinary goods they’ve worked hard to perfect, as we bring them to households across the country.
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