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L’Empereur léger
Semi-firm cheese, low in fat with a washed rind, with a turnip smell and a salted butter flavor.
This cheese is slightly firmer and milder than the regular Empereur because it contains less fat (less cream).
- Pasteurized cow’s milk and modified milk ingredients
- Refining time: 3 to 4 weeks
- Fat: 17% - Moisture: 52%
- Pairings: Tomatoes, grapes, lager, mild red wine
Awards received for our Empereur léger
We are proud to have received numerous awards for the quality of our cheeses.
American Cheese Society
- 2003 — 1st place*
- 2011 — 1st place*
- 2012 — 1st place*
- 2013 — 1st place*
* In their respective categories.
Technical specifications
*subject to change without notice
Technical information | |
|---|---|
Manufactured format: | 2.2 kg wheel |
Product category: | Semi-firm surface ripened cheese. Reduced fat. Washed rind |
Product description: | Rind: Straw yellow to orange yellow |
Specifications: | Fat: 17% |
Ingredients: | Pasteurized partly skimmed milk, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme. |
Milk: | Pasteurized cow’s milk and modified milk ingredients |
Refining time: | 3 to 4 weeks |
Shelf life: | 120 days from production date |
Allergen: | Milk |
Storage and transport conditions: | Keep refrigerated |
Product packaging: | Whole wheel: waxed paper |
Nutrition Factsfor 1 3 cm cube (30 g) | |
|---|---|
| Calories 90 | Daily value* % Daily value |
| Fat 6 g | 8 % |
| saturated 4.5 g | 23 % |
| +trans 0 g | |
| Carbohydrates 1 g | |
| Fiber 0 g | 0 % |
| Sugars 0 g | 0 % |
| Protein 8 g | |
| Cholesterol 10 mg | |
| Sodium 300 mg | 13 % |
| Potassium 30 mg | 1 % |
| Calcium 200 mg | 20 % |
| Iron 0 mg | 0 % |
| *5% or less is not much, 15% or more is a lot | |
Cheese preservation
Semi-firm & firm cheese Washed Rinds, Semi-firm & firm cheese Washed Rinds
To best preserve semi firm to firm cheese with washed rinds, store them in the fridge between 2-4 degrees in the paper provided.
The paper will get malleable every time it is unwrapped but will not lose its efficiency to keep the cheese fresh. It is very normal that a layer of white mold grows on the paste of the cheese, this is the natural process of the rind trying to form.
This mold is not harmful; you may remove a thin slice and keep consuming the cheese. The cheese will keep for 4-5 weeks refrigerated.
“Beautiful cheese store”
“Wow, who would believe that just next to the border, away from main roads there is a beautiful cheese store offering unique and delicious cheeses produced right there. Thanks to the American Yelpers who actually wrote reviews about it, as I discovered its existence using Yelp rather then using the colourful local tourist maps. I may have been ignorant that Fromagerie Fritz Kaiser exists, but this is not the case for the rest of the Quebec population.
The store although very spacious was crowded. People kept coming and buying kilograms of cheeses. Yet service was fast and efficient. The speciality of the fromagerie is raclette, but they also have varieties of other cheeses. Some of the cheeses are available on the counter for tasting. We were also offered to try the cheeses we were interested in, which we ended up buying of course. Prices are competitive. I’m certainly coming back as I did not buy every single cheese type and I definitely feel I have to try them all, including the St Ambroise beer washed one. For now the aged Douanier is the absolute winner! ”
Dessi V.
Yelp“OUTSTANDING QUALITY and PRICE”
“I’ve been going to this cheese shop for several years now, and I’ve always had very good service, sometimes a wait, but it’s really worth it for the quality of the products, and the prices are lower than at the grocery store.
Well worth the detour…”
andree54
Tripadvisor*Translated from French
