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Tête de Moine Cheese

Tête de Moine Cheese

Tête de Moine Cheese. Tracey Jane Harker / Via Canva Pro

Tête de Moine is a cylinder-shaped, Swiss-made cheese.

It has an inedible, orangish sticky rind. Inside, the cheese is a straw-yellow colour and has a spicy flavour.

The cheese is made in cylinders that are 8cm wide x 10cm high (3 inches wide x 4 inches), weighing 900 g (2 pounds).

The cheese is brine-washed while it is being aged 4 to 6 months.

Cooking Tips

Tête de Moine is meant to be used as a table cheese.

Cut off the top of the cheese in a single slice. Remove some rind, down to as much as you think you are going to use, then make fine shavings to serve. Use the top slice as a lid for storage back in the fridge.

A special tool called a “girolle” is made just for making fine shavings from this cheese.

Nutrition

Fat content 45%.

History Notes

Tête de Moine Cheese originated in the Bellelay monastery, in the Jura region of Switzerland.

Language Notes

Tête de Moine means “monks head”.

Tête de Moine Cheese

Tête de Moine Cheese. Ineskoleva / Getty Images Signature

Other names

AKA: Bellelay Cheese
French: Fromage Tête de Moine
German: Tête de Moine Käse

This page first published: Jan 25, 2004 · Updated: May 18, 2022.

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