The Mimolette is a spherical French cut cheese/hard cheese from cow's milk with at least 40% fat in the dry weight, to which also under the name Boule de Lille admits, i.e. "ball from Lille "is. This name refers Lille to in the city the ripe cellars, in which the handball-large originally matured, lain, above and down easily flattened cheese balls. The name Mimolette however comes of frz. mimou, which means halfsoftly. Probably one began in France in 17. Century with the production of this cheese according to the Dutch Edamer method, after the Minister Colbert forbade the import of foreign commodity. Today it in addition, is particularly in the northernmost provinces of France (north Pas De Calais), it is commodity from the Netherlands on the market.

The Mimolette matures between two months and two years and has a typical, depending upon age mild nussigen to strong-spicy taste and a remarkable, intensive gelborangene to orange-brown color, to the crust more darkly. The colouring results from addition of Annatto (frz. rocou), with Netherlands commodity also carrot juice finds to a plant dye from the seeds of the Orleanstrauches (Bixa orellana L.) as coloring means use. The crust is relatively smooth with young cheese, with progressive age becomes it more thickly and resembles then one with Kratern scattered moon landscape. In the Kratern settle mites, to which the cheese owes its surface. The cheese paste is firm and somewhat fragile. Young Mimolette tastes relatively mild, in matures condition smells the cheese strongly, nearly "medically ". In this stage he tastes strongly haselnussig and fruchtig zitronig. Among connoisseurs an age of 6-18 months applies as optimal.

As alternative to milder cheese places Mimolette fits very well on a In addition, he tastes with brown bread and Cornichons, loves the classical French Baguette outstanding. Since it is to be rubbed well, it finds various ranges of application also in the warm kitchen. As are suitable young, fruchtiger knowing or red wine, in addition, an harsh beer.

The Mimolette was the favourite cheese of Charles de Gaulle.

See also: Mite cheese

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