NeufchâtelWhere does the oldest Norman cheese come from? From Country of Bray! Christened neufchâtel, this soft dough already makes talk of it in 1035. In the Middle Ages, the English, who are then often at war with their overseas Norman neighbors, report it home, often in the form of hearts that girls offer them in evidence of their love. Over the centuries, wetlands disappear for the benefit of the prairies. More and more cattle graze there and supply large amounts of milk. Under Louis XIV, the cheese production is growing. Neufchâtel leaves his province to climb to Paris. The beginning of the glory for this cheese, which in the th century is already known throughout Normandy as well as abroad. Bonaparte received a whole basket during his visit to the region in the 1870 th century, a period when production exploded thanks to the creation of the métier trade in. Since then, this soft paste made from cow's milk, pressed, moulded and then salted, received the AOC label (Controlled Appellation of Origin) on December 29, 1986, thanks to the union's perseverance in defending the quality label of neufchâtel cheese. In 2006, nearly 1 600 tonnes of neufchâtel were placed on the market. Beware of counterfeits!

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