Explorateur

Explorateur
Country of origin	France
Region	Île-de-France
Source of milk	cows
Texture	soft

L'Explorateur is a soft-ripened French triple cream cow's-milk cheese made in the Île-de-France region of France.^[1]

Created in the 1950s, it was named to honor the first US Satellite, Explorer. As a triple creme, the fat content of its dry matter is about 75%. It has a squat cylindrical shape, and has a smooth, unpressed texture.

Its name is a registered trademark of its manufacturer.

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French cheeses

AOC	Abondance Banon Beaufort Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu des Causses Bleu de Gex Bleu du Vercors Brie de Meaux Brie de Melun Brocciu Camembert Cantal Chabichou du Poitou Chaource Chevrotin Comté Coulommiers Crottin de Chavignol Époisses Fourme d'Ambert Fourme de Montbrison Laguiole Langres Livarot Mâconnais Maroilles Mont d'Or Morbier Munster Neufchâtel Ossau-Iraty Pélardon Picodon Pont-l'Évêque Pouligny-Saint-Pierre Reblochon Rigotte de Condrieu Rocamadour Roquefort Saint-Nectaire Sainte-Maure de Touraine Salers Selles-sur-Cher Valençay

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