Bleu de Gex

Bleu de Gex

Other names	Bleu de Haut-Jura, Bleu de Septmoncel
Country of origin	France
Region	Jura
Source of milk	cows
Texture	dense and creamy^[1]
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Bleu de Gex (also Bleu du Haut-Jura or Bleu de Septmoncel) is a creamy, semi-soft blue cheese made from unpasteurized milk in the Jura region of France.^[2]

It is named after the Pays de Gex. During production, Penicillium glaucum mold is introduced and the unwashed curds are loosely packed. It is then aged for at least three weeks.^[3] To meet Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée guidelines, it must contain only the milk of Montbéliard cows. It is flavorful for a French blue cheese. Each wheel is stamped with the word "Gex".^[4]

References

↑ "Bleu de gex cheese". Gourmet-Food.com.
↑ "Fromages.com - The Best of French Cheeses - bleu Gex".
↑ Fletcher, Janet (7 January 2011). "Gex marks the spot – a creamy blue from France (sfgate.com)". The San Francisco Chronicle.
↑ Iburg, Anne (2004). Dumont's Lexicon of Cheese. REBO publishers. ISBN 90-366-1689-1.

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

Blue cheeses

List of blue cheeses

Ädelost Aura Abbey Blue Brie Bellingham Blue Bleu Bénédictin Bleu de Bresse Bleu des Causses Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu de Gex Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage Bleuchâtel Blue Castello Buxton Blue Cabrales cheese Cambozola Cashel Blue Cheshire cheese Cornish Blue Crozier Blue Danish Blue Dolcelatte Dorset Blue Vinney Dovedale cheese Dragon's Breath Blue Fourme d'Ambert Fourme de Montbrison Gamalost Gorgonzola Grinzola Kraftkar Lanark Blue Lymeswold cheese Maytag Blue cheese Newport 1665 Norbury Blue Oxford Blue Picón Bejes-Tresviso Rokpol Roquefort Saint Agur Blue Shropshire Blue Stichelton Stilton cheese Valdeón cheese Wensleydale cheese Wrekin White

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