Brillat-Savarin cheese
Brillat-Savarin is a soft-ripened triple cream cow's milk cheese with at least 72% fat in dry matter. It has a natural, bloomy rind. It was created c. 1890 as "Excelsior" or "Délice des gourmets" by the Dubuc family, near Forges-les-Eaux. Cheese-maker Henri Androuët renamed it in the 1930s, as an homage to 18th-century French gourmet and political figure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
Brillat-Savarin is produced all year round mainly in Burgundy. It comes in wheels and approximately 4 cm thick, and is matured for one to two weeks in dry cellar. It is also available as a fresh cheese that resembles rich cream cheese.
It is a triple cream soft-ripened cheese that is luscious, creamy and faintly sour.
The French cheesemaking company Rouzaire also produces an older Brillat Savarin under the name Pierre Robert. The extra aging time concentrates the proteins and salt in the cheese, resulting in deeper earthy flavors and more intense salty taste. Wheels of Pierre Robert are physically smaller due to loss of moisture, yet creamier than the regular-aged Brillat Savarin.
