Mâconnais cheese

Maconnais is a small cheese produced in the French region of Burgundy.[1] It is made from either goat's milk[2] or a combination of goat's and cow's milk.[1] Maconnais gained AOC certification in 2005.[1]

Mâconnais cheeses
A cut Mâconnais

A typical Maconnais is a small truncated cone approximately 4-5 cm wide and 3-4 cm thick, weighing 50-65 g.[3][4][2]

References
  1. Harbutt, Juliet. The World Cheese Book, Penguin, 2009, p. 67. ISBN 0-7566-6218-4
  2. Doane, Charles Francis, and Huron Willis Lawson, Varieties of Cheese: Descriptions and Analyses, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, 1911, p. 36.
  3. "Mâconnais". Fromages de France. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. "Mons Cheesemongers".


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