Country of Origin: Canada

Milk-type: Pasteurized Cow’s Milk

Produced at the only Fromagerie in Canada run by Benedictine Monks, Fromagerie de L’Abbaye Saint-Benoît-du-Lac: Frere Jacques is a relatively mild cheese with a pleasantly sweet, slightly acidic aroma, reminiscent of walnuts and fresh fruit. Not unlike Swiss Emmenthal, Frere Jacques has a semi-firm texture with fairly large holes and a nutty, savoury-sweet character.

Serve with hearty brown bread or pumpernickel, or alongside Asian pear, apples, or red grapes.

See also: Mont Saint-Benoit cheese, another mild, Emmenthal-esque cheese from the abbey fromagerie; as well as the original cheese created by the Monks of L’Abbaye Saint-Benoît-du-Lac—Blue Ermite—and its sibling cheese Benedictin Blue.

Beverage Pairings: A Tawny Port wine, pale ale, apple cider, or sparkling pear juice.

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