My Christmas Camemberts

[boothrf]

Been away on holidays for a while, so thought I should update on my Christmas Camemberts. I have been trying to perfect my cams for a few months now, as some of you may have seen on the forum. Well, I made cams on the 5th November, with the intention of having them ready for Christmas. They worked out perfectly! I made six 200g cams, and they were perfectly matured. Lovely white rind, and beautiful soft, buttery paste with a hint of that beautiful earthy flavour. I gave 4 away as presents to friends, and ate the rest with the family over the holiday break. Whilst I have not had any complete failures with my previous batches, each one provided me with learnings (along with advice from the forum members), that allowed me to improve each successive batch. This batch was my best so far, and I can't really fault them. I am VERY, VERY HAPPY

Having trouble posting this, so will try without the photos for now.

PS. I made some Blue Bries later in November which also turned out well, and will post some pictures of these later.

[JeffHamm]

Congratulations Bob!  It's always nice when they turn out just right.  Well done.

- Jeff

[smilingcalico]

Great news, Bob!  Congratulations on your success.

[Cloversmilker]

Well done!  I'm not as far along that learning curve for cams myself. 

[boothrf]

Thanks everyone! As soon as I can upload photos again, I'll show you my results!

[boothrf]

Here are the photos.

[Tomer1]

That is spot on, you really nailed it. hows the flavor?

[boothrf]

Thanks Tomer. Flavour is beautiful and creamy, with rich, buttery highlights. After taste has that lovely earthy, mushroomy flavour. Overall, its a simple, but very delicious camembert.

[JeffHamm]

Oooo!  Very nice.  Well done.

- Jeff

[Cloversmilker]

Those are beautiful!

[DeejayDebi]

Fabulas cheese Bob!

[boothrf]

Thanks DeeJay, Cloversmilk and Jeff.  Great to get wonderful comments from such experienced cheesemakers!

[smilingcalico]

A cheese for you for your excellent work.  Thanks for getting that photo up.  Absolutely beautiful cheese! 

[boothrf]

Thanks so much smilingcalico. Yes, I'm very pleased with this cheese. Along with my blue brie, I have had some great results at last!

[Vina]

... green with envy those are really beautiful!