Author Topic: Pont-l'Évêque  (Read 4877 times)

hoeklijn

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Pont-l'Évêque
« on: December 04, 2012, 09:19:13 PM »
Does anybody know the recipe for this? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont-l'%C3%89v%C3%AAque_(cheese) for a description...

bbracken677

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2012, 09:23:33 PM »
Sounds like a full on square camembert with a washed rind (b.linens)...I suppose you would wash the rind after the pc starts growing?

JeffHamm

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 11:23:28 PM »
Not much to go on, but found this:

Description
Type   Washed rind cheese
Milk   Cow milk
Aspect   Square of 11 cm, 3cm thick.
350 to 400 gr.
45% of fat.
White and grey rind with thin orange and/or light brown stripes.
Country   Pont-l'Évêque countryside


Making
The milk is heated (never above 40°C) and rennet added to make the milk curdle.
The curd is cut and stirred in order to drain off the whey.
It is then moulded.
It is then matured in an "hot" room (22°Celsius) and frequently turned upside down.
Once the whey is drained away, the cheese is placed in a "cold" room for five days where it is turned daily.
Then it is salted. The Pont-l'Évêque is washed and brushed many times.
It is then matured in a cellar and regularly tuned upside down
The white colour of the Pont-l'Évêque slowly turns to a light yellow with light brown stripes.

at:

http://www.taste-camembert.com/fromages-de-normandie/en/cheese-pont-l-eveque.php

JeffHamm

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2012, 11:25:39 PM »
Also found:

It takes 3 litres of milk to make one 400 gramme cheese. According to A.O.C. regulations, the milk used must come from the local area and the curd must be kneaded before it is drained. Milk is coagulated as soon as possible after milking, preferably when still warm from the udder. Curds are lightly cut and drained for 10 minutes, before being transferred to moulds and put in the curing room. Here the cheeses are kept in a humid environment for 6 to 8 weeks to mature. To obtain the washed rind they must be rinsed in brine at regular intervals.

The rind may become pink in colour and sticky to the touch as it ripens, and small holes may appear in the pâte. The odour can become very strong, but not as ammoniacal as the closely related Camembert. The best season for Pont l'Eveque is from the summer to early winter. In France it is often enjoyed with a glass of Normandy Cider.

at http://www.teddingtoncheese.co.uk/acatalog/de295.htm

And :

Pont l'Eveque is made in a distinctive square shape which is achieved by cutting the curds into blocks rather than into small pieces or grains. One block makes one cheese. They are drained and placed in fat square molds. After dry-salting, the cheeses are ripened in humid cellars.
This pungent French gourmet cheese is still made on the farms of the Pays d'Auge in Normandy just as it has been for centuries.
The maturing cheeses are washed with brine to give a light tan-colored rind which develops the characteristic pungency of the cheese. Indeed the aroma is strong enough to qualify the cheese for the top ten most pungent French cheeses, but it should not be so strong that it is unpleasant.
The yellow paste is supple with a few small holes. The aroma from the rind is strong but not overpowering. There are farmyard smells with bacon and ammonia. The paste has a much milder aroma reminiscent of nuts. The flavor is relatively mild and sweet, with grassy herbaceous tones and shortbread cookies. Isigny St. Mere received a bronze award at the World Cheese Awards in 2010.

from: http://www.gourmet-food.com/french-cheese/pont-leveque-cheese-100452.aspx

And finally:

PONT L'EVÊQUE. — Pont l'Evêque cheese is a variety with a great local reputation in the north of one of the most important dairy depart­ments of France. It takes its name from a village not far from Havre and Lisieux, and is sold in considerable quantities in the fashion­able watering-places of Trouville and Deauville. I was enabled to see the system pursued by the most famous maker, a highly intelligent farmer, upon his own farm near Pont l'Evêque. This cheese, although unpressed, is firmer in texture than either the Brie 0r the Camembert, owing to its being deprived of its whey with much greater rapidity. The cheese is either square or oblong, slightly less than an inch in thickness, and weigh­ing from 14 to 17 ounces, for the size is not uniform; its crust is comparatively tough, and it may be kept for a considerable time with safety. Practically speaking, a gallon of milk will produce a good cheese, but as milk varies considerably in quality, it follows that very rich milk would produce a much larger cheese than poor milk. The milk is set at a temperature of 88° F., with sufficient rennet to bring the curd in fifteen minutes. A large rush or rye-straw mat is laid upon the draining-table. This mat may measure a yard in length by 26 to 30 inches in width, in accordance with the quantity of curd handled. When the curd is firm enough to remove, it is gently cut in cubes of large size, and with equal gentleness removed with a metal dish on to the mat, where it immediately commences to part with its whey. As the whey runs off, the curd toughens, the ends of the mat are drawn together, the slight pressure involved causes a still further loss of whey, and this goes on until the curd can be handled and placed in the metal moulds, which are made in accordance with the size the cheeses are intended to be. The newly-moulded cheese is then placed upon a small mat, and on the evening of the first day turned on to another mat. The result is that both sides of the cheese are free from fractures, the curd being homogeneous, and both are marked with the straws. It need hardly be added that where a large number of cheeses are made the mats are numerous and large, and provision is made for the moulds to stand side by side in order that space may be economized. Turning goes on from day to day until the metal mould is re­moved. Fungi then gradually appear on the out­side of the cheese until it is ultimately covered with blue. This growth depends upon the tem­perature adopted: in the first stage of manu­facture the temperature of the dairy is 63°; when the cheese is removed into the first ripening apartment it is kept at 58°, and when it is taken to the cave for slow ripening, it is kept at 56°. Here, again, the apartment should be slightly humid as well as cool, one reason being that it is essential to maintain the moist character of the cheese, and to prevent the evaporation which, if allowed to continue, would ensure its being dry, unpalatable, and unsalable.

from: http://www.kellscraft.com/CheeseAndCheeseMaking/CheeseAndCheese-Making_Ch05.html

You might be able to put something together from those?

- Jeff
« Last Edit: December 04, 2012, 11:34:56 PM by JeffHamm »

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2012, 01:19:52 AM »
There are some threads on the forum. SEARCH.

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hoeklijn

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2012, 05:42:28 AM »
There are some threads on the forum. SEARCH.
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Well, I did. The way it is spelled correctly in French  A) and found nothing. But indeed, there is info when I try "eveque". Thanks Boofer!

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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2012, 08:53:15 PM »
I guess this is what I was thinking about.

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2012, 08:35:51 AM »
It's really a washed Camembert with no PC and lots of B.Linens or ARN mix.  I made it square in my Taleggio multi-mould. Fun easy to make cheese. Used to make it in a Feta mould, works too but drains too quickly. The Taleggio mould is like a Camembert mould; it's really a hoop with bottom mat drainage.

hoeklijn

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2012, 08:26:44 PM »
I guess this is what I was thinking about.
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Yes indeed. Found that one, gave me enough info.
Yoav, also thanks to you...

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2013, 04:08:44 AM »
I guess this is what I was thinking about.
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Yes indeed. Found that one, gave me enough info.
Yoav, also thanks to you...
Herman, did you ever make this? If so, how did it turn out?

I'm considering making a couple as a "Spring back into cheesemaking" adventure.

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hoeklijn

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Re: Pont-l'Évêque
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2013, 07:37:03 AM »
Hi Boofer, no never made this one. Still on my wishlist...