Salers cheese

For other uses, see Salers (disambiguation).

Salers

Country of origin	France
Region, town	Auvergne, Salers
Source of milk	Cow
Pasteurised	No
Texture	Semi-hard
Aging time	9 months
Certification	French AOC 1961
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Salers (French: Le Salers) is a French semi-hard cheese from the volcanic region in the mountains of Auvergne, central France. It is a pressed, uncooked cheese made from Salers cow's milk between the fifteenth of April and the fifteenth of November. It is similar to Cantal cheese - which is produced from the same cows' milk when they are fed on hay during the remaining months of the year - and has been estimated to have been fabricated in this region for at least 2000 years. It came to prominence when Maréchal de Senneterre served it at the table of Louis XIV of France. Maréchal de Senneterre is also responsible for the introduction of Saint-Nectaire and Cantal. Salers has benefited from the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) since 1961.^[1] It is best eaten between September and March, after an ageing time of nine months, but it is also excellent all year round.

Salers de Buron Traditional is only made up in the chalet (called a 'buron' in the Auvergne) in the summer months with milk exclusively from the Salers cow. It must also be made in the traditional wooden 'gerle'.^[2]

It is circular in shape, weighing around 40 kilograms (88 lb).

1,112 tonnes were produced in 1998 (+15.1% since 1996). All was made in local farms from unpasteurized milk by about one hundred producers.

References

↑ Actimage. "Fiche produit". inao.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ Andy Swinscoe - Les Affinés. "Cheesy Adventures at Les Affinés". lesaffines.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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

Unprotected varieties	Abbaye de Tamié Bleu de Bresse Brillat-Savarin Brie Cabécou Cancoillotte Carré de l'Est Chaumes Clochette Délice d'Argental Délice de Bourgogne Édel de Cléron Etorki Explorateur Gaperon Mont des Cats Mimolette Olivet cendré Port Salut Raclette Rochebaron Saint Agur Blue Saint-Félicien Saint-Marcellin Saint-Paulin Vacherin Vieux-Boulogne

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