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In our shop we have plenty of soft cheeses, some of the creamiest and most popular are Brie with truffle layer, Vacherousse and Delice. The more pungent Epoisses and Munster is sought after. The Camembert from Normandie has a distinctive taste and creamy centre, the milder St Paulin is an easy cheese to be enjoyed at breakfast time. The washed rind Pont l’Eveque and St Nectaire have more pronounced aromas. Try something new, you are welcome to ask for a taste to help you work out what you like best.
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Kilos of stunning French cheese landed safely this week, in time for you to enjoy a delicious cheese platter with your Easter celebrations. The creamiest is the Vacherousse from the Jura, the strongest in aroma is the Munster from Alsace and Epoisses from Burgundy. The firm goat’s milk crottin is unique. The best firm texture cheese is the Comte which is aged for more than 16 months in the Fort St Antoine in the Jura. The best Blue is the Roquefort, which the French describe as the King of the blue cheeses. We have a cheese to suit every taste. Do ask us to make platters for you – we can pack them in our original cheese boxes so your guests will know that the cheese has come all the way from France.
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Favourites in the soft cheeses are Brie layered with truffle cream, triple cream delice, Vacherousse and the hand-crafted Brie Donge. In medium firm textures most popular are Morbier, Emmental and Tomme des croquants, in the aged cheese the Comte and Gruyere are at the top of the list. In the blues the Roquefort leads the blue mob, with its strong salty taste. We now have to preorder a minimum quantity of Roquefort if we want to get stock, so we have many kilos of this stunning cheese.
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We have several different types of caviar from Northern Italy where the pure freshwater farms are a peaceful setting to raise the sturgeon. Each type of sturgeon produces a different size roe which have subtle differences in flavour and colour. The Beluga caviar is the most famous as the roe are the largest in size and flavour. To eat the caviar, we recommend using a mother of pearl spoon as the caviar does not work with metal. For serving caviar, you can eat it “natural” with no other flavours distracting your taste buds from the delicate taste of the caviar. Another way is to serve it on top of boiled potatoes or hard-boiled eggs. For cocktails, people often serve caviar on blinis (mini pancakes) with crème fraiche.
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Our new cheese stock has arrived safely in Cape Town and we have plenty of cheese for you to choose from all the regions of France, including kilos of Roquefort from the south west, mature Comte and Emmental from the Jura mountains, handcrafted Brie from the Donge dairy, pungent Epoisses and triple cream Delice from Burgundy, little Munsters from Alsace, Camemberts and Pont l Eveque from Normandie, Buche de chevre from the Loire Atlantique, Ossau Iraty from the Basque region, St Nectaire, Fourme d’Ambert and Bleu from the Auvergne. There is a cheese to suit every taste.
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Back in stock this week is the beautiful Echire butters in wooden baskets. Produced in the village of Echire in the Charentes-Poitou region, this butter is made in the old-fashioned way in wooden butter churns. This gives the butter a smooth and silky texture. It is considered one of the best butters in the world, dense, rich and full of flavour.
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In addition to all our beautiful French cheese in store, I love the new seasonal produce we get from our local farms. New stock in this week are fresh figs from The Figary at Osdrift Farm near Worcester. The brand was launched by the Hugo family in 2015; these beautiful dark red figs are handpicked by their 60 pickers from the 25,000 Persian fig trees on their farm. We sell them in 1kg trays and individually and we can courier around the country.
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In our cheese counter we have plenty of delicious cheese to tempt you from rich and ripe to delicate and gentle flavour. We have a cheese to suit every taste from pungent Epoisses and Munster to rich and creamy Delice, firm textured favourites are Comte, Emmental, Morbier, Tomme and Le Gruyere.
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In our cheese counter we have received new stock of Roquefort, the strong and salty blue sheep’s milk cheese from the dry and hot region of Aveyron in the South of France. From other regions of France we have raw milk Emmental, Comte and Raclette from the mountains, Pont l’Eveque and Camembert from Normandie, Epoisses and Delice triple cream from Burgundy, Munster from Alsace Ossau Iraty sheep’s milk cheese from the Basque region, Goat’s milk cheese from the Loire Aquitaine, Brie with a layer of truffle cream and soft handcrafted Brie from the Vosges, to mention just a few.
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We have new stock of the delicious Tomme des Croquets which is the medium firm textured mountain cheese with a dryish crust that is washed with the liqueur of walnuts and tastes amazing. We also have the St Julien au noix, a soft cream cheese layered with walnut cream cheese. We have wheels of Camembert, handcrafted Brie, Triple cream Delice, Vacherousse, Raclette and Morbier, kilos of aged Comte, Stilton and Le Gruyere to mention just a few.
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This week we have brought in some new stock to tempt you. We have some of the famous Echire butter. Considered to be the best butter in the world, this butter has been made in the same way since Echire was launched in 1830. The butter is slow churned from rich, creamy milk from dairy herds sustainably reared in the Poitou-Charentes region, which entitles the butter to its PDO status. You can taste the richness in the butter. We have the butter in 250g tubs in a wooden basket (Note stock is limited).
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We have just landed about 300kgs of cheese this week and our favourites cheeses are back in stock. The top of the French Alpine cheeses is Comte Fort St Antoine made by Marcel Petit. This Comte has been aged for over 16 months; it has a deep complex nutty taste and slight crunchiness from the calcium crystallisation. The triple cream Delice cheese from Burgundy is at the other end of the scale in flavour and texture, it has extra cream added to the milk, which gives it the richness and creaminess whilst maintaining its delicate flavour. The third highly popular cheese is Vacherousse (this means “russet coloured cow”) the crust has a slightly orange colour with a slight tang, and the centre has a dense cream paste.
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Looking forward, we have a new stock of cheese that has just landed at the airport – unfortunately the original permits managed to get lost enroute, so we will have to have a new set couriered in from Paris, before we are allowed to unpack our 200kgs of cheese. Hopefully by early next week we will have our new stock of Vacherousse, Delice and Comte back on our shelves. If you are still out in the countryside enjoying your holidays, we have lots of interesting duck and pork pates, rillettes and terrines from France which are great for casual entertaining. I enjoy sharing these with friends for an aperitif accompanied by slices of fresh baguette and some crunchy, salty cornichons. The difference between these types is: Rillettes are shredded meat packed in fat; Pate or Mousse is usually a smooth spread made with liver; and a Terrine is usually a coarse textured meat spread which will have some garlic and herbs added. These come in 78gr picnic sized tins with pop up lids and 180gr jars.
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There are several world class cheeses as a result of this winter aging which we stock, Comte and Gruyere are the most famous coming from either side of the border in the Jura mountains. We also have the Tomme Crayeuse from Haute Savoie, Morbier, Raclette and Emmental. All are great cheeses to eat in slices, you can pair them with fresh apples and walnuts, or you can melt them into a fondue and serve with cornichons, boiled potatoes and thin sliced cold meats.
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After a record-breaking week in the shop, and online, where we sold kilos of French cheese and speciality products such as rare white Italian truffles, caviar from Italy and Madagascar, we still have a wide array of cheese for you to serve for your New Year’s Eve dinners. From the creamy and rich hand-crafted Bries, pungent Epoisses from Burgundy, to the aged Comte from the Franche Comte region, we have a cheese flavour and texture to suit every taste. We sold hundreds of panettones this season, there are a just a few panettones and Baci calendars left and we are offering these at 25% discount. There are still a couple of chocolate logs Buches de Noel, available in the shop if you are looking for the best dessert ever.
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Inside our shop we have packed our fridges to the brim with the most beautiful French cheese, there are cheeses from across France, rich and creamy, runny and smelly, firm and full of flavoured, there is a perfect cheese for everyone. One of the specialities is the small triple cream delice with a layer of truffle cream. We also have plenty of of caviar from Italy and Madagascar. We keep stock in the shop of the Baerii from Madagascar and Oscietra; and can provide Beluga from Italy on a preorder basis.
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We have topped up our cheese stock in Cape Town with hundreds of kilos of cheese from Paris. We have finally received raw milk Emmental from the Fromagerie Narbief-Bizot in the Franche Comte region, located in the Jura mountains. This dairy is famous for its artisanal mountain cheeses. This Emmental is made by combining the raw milk curds with rennet followed by heating the curds, after which the cheese is pressed, then allowed to mature for at least 3 months. During this time the holes appear in the cheese as it ripens, these swell during the maturation. The irregular hole shapes are the proof of artisanal production. When you taste this artisanal Emmental, your mouth is filled with flavour, it is beautiful.
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We are seeing lots of international visitors who have escaped the chilly northern winter and are basking in our sunny weather. Many are regular returning visitors, and we welcome them back. We are well prepared with a large stock of beautiful French and Swiss cheese arriving next week. This includes real 15 months aged Le Gruyere which we have battled to get due to the increasing strictness of import regulations for unpasteurised cheese. We have to get an additional certification done to check for certain bacteria. To do this we have to agree to take several whole wheels, in the case of Le Gruyere that is 80kgs. The same applies to Emmental, Morbier and Comte.
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We have lots of cheese in store at present including the Truffle Cream Brie, and about 500kg arrive early December. If you are planning some events do remember to pre-order from us so that we can reserve your favourite cheeses for you. We are also expecting to receive the crunchy salt crystal butter, hopefully on Monday. This is my favourite butter from Paysan Breton. It has taken so long to get this stock, I ordered a lot and will keep it frozen so that it lasts. And apparently my French cider that I expected in August may be arriving early December. Let me know if you want to order some. Although we do not celebrate Thanksgiving here, I note there are lots of “Black Friday Specials” so I’m offering 25% off our Triple Cream Delice up to next Friday 28th – its soft creamy and delicious and I have a lot in stock.
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Good news is that if you could not make it to the Cheese Award Championships, we have a great Ossau Iraty available at our shop. This sheep’s milk cheese has a dry crust and medium firm texture. It is subtle in flavour and pairs well with Membrillo, (the quince paste from Spain) which we also stock, and a sweet wine such as our Sauternes from Bordeaux, which I really enjoy. We also have plenty of rich triple cream Delice in stock – if you wanted to make it look like the Cremeux des Aldudes, you could always be creative and decorate it with small edible flowers and sprinkle with some dried Herbes de Provence which we stock in tubs in the shop.
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In our French alcohol range, just in time for the party season, we have received a new stock of the Le Mesnil Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru Champagne NV. Le Mesnil is a Grand Cru vineyard located around Le Mesnil sur Oger, on the slopes of the Cotes des Blancs in the Champagne region. Matured for a minimum of three years on the lees, this 100% Chardonnay Champagne has fine bubbles, an aroma of white flowers and a hint of citrus in the taste. It is a beautiful fresh champagne and ideal for summer. Price is R900/750ml bottle.
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We have just unpacked our Panettone range (which we order in June), and the shop is filled to the ceiling with these beautiful Italian Christmas cakes. We have traditional panettone with fruit filling, we have Pandoro with their angels’ wings, we have beautifully gift-wrapped Pear and chocolate panettone. We have from baby sized panettone up to the 1kg cakes. There is a size to fit each person’s wishes. Pop in and see what we have in stock, Christmas is just around the corner.
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We have lots of beautiful regional French cheese in stock for you to try. From Normandie Camembert, Burgundy triple cream Delice, Jura Vacherousse, handcrafted Brie from the Vosges, Goat’s cheese buche, little fresh crottins and flavourful and dry crottins from the Loire. We have the beautiful raw milk mountain cheeses, Emmental, Comte, Morbier and Raclette from the Jura, Cantal and Bleu from the Auvergne, Roquefort from the South. Plus, real French butter from Normandie. We have this in 250gr rolls and the unsalted butter also comes in 1kg packs if you wish to make pastries.
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We have just received a large shipment of cheese in Cape Town from Paris this week. The
favourites back in stock include Brie with a layer of truffle cream, this decadent cheese has a thick creamy central layer with pieces of summer truffle; Vacherousse the rich creamy cheese with a light tangy crust from the Jura; lots of triple cream Delice, Camembert from Normandie, Brie from the Vosges, this has a 60% fat content so it is much richer than the average Bries. There is a cheese to suit every one’s taste, come in and try some.
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Our French cheese selection, or certainly the aroma of the cheese, continues to entice clients into our beautiful little shop, and as we head to the entertaining season when the entire world remembers that our city is the most beautiful place in the world, do remember that we can also do cocktail platters for events of any size. In July we did cheese platters for the French Consul’s Bastille Day event where we served several hundred guests. We have other requests for just a small group of friends getting together. We can create a platter of bite sized pieces of cheese from any selection that you like, we can deliver it to your door If you are within an hour or so of Cape Town.