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Le Douanier
Semi-firm cheese with a washed and brushed rind.
It is divided in the middle by edible vegetable ash, representing the crossing between Quebec and the United States.
With earthy aromas and vegetal flavor, Le Douanier has a pronounced taste of nuts and green apple.
- Pasteurized cow’s milk
- Refining time: 2 months
- Fat: 27% - Moisture: 46%
- Pairings: Orchard fruit, apple cider and mild red wine.
Awards received for our Douanier
We are proud to have received numerous awards for the quality of our cheeses.
American Cheese Society
- 2010 — 2e place*
Canadian Cheese Grand Prix
- 2004 — Champion*
- 2004 — Grand Champion
- 2004 — 1st place*
Sélection Caseus
- 2010 — Finalist*
* In their respective categories.
Technical specifications
*subject to change without notice
Technical information | |
|---|---|
Manufactured format: | 3 kg wheel |
Product category: | Semi-firm washed rind, surface ripened cheese with an edible ash layer that runs through the center. |
Product description: | Rind: orange brown |
Specifications: | Fat: 27% |
Ingredients: | Pasteurized whole milk, salt, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, edible ash in the center |
Milk: | Pasteurized cow’s milk |
Refining time: | 2 months |
Shelf life: | 90 days from packaging |
Allergen: | Milk |
Storage and transport conditions: | Keep refrigerated |
Product packaging: | Whole wheel: waxed paper |
Nutrition FactsPer 1 cube of 3 cm (30 g) | |
|---|---|
| Calories 110 | Daily value* % Daily value |
| Fat 8 g | 12 % |
| saturated 6 g | 31 % |
| +trans 0.2 g | |
| Carbohydrates 2 g | |
| Fiber 0 g | 0 % |
| Sugars 0 g | 0 % |
| Protein 7 g | |
| Cholesterol 30 mg | |
| Sodium 260 mg | 8 % |
| Potassium 30 mg | 2 % |
| Calcium 150 mg | 20 % |
| Iron 0.1 mg | 1 % |
| *5% or less is not much, 15% or more is a lot | |
Cheese preservation
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.
“Very friendly and helpful staff.”
“Just north of the US border very cute cheese shop. Many choices with just as many samples to help You decide.
We were traveling far and were offered frozen bottles of water to keep cheese cool. Very friendly and helpful staff. ”
Stacy N.
Yelp“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
