Roquefort

Wine Pairings

Preparation, uses, and tips

Cheese connoisseurs recommend that genuine Roquefort should be selected for an impressive feature of a meal or cheese board. Rather than mixing it into salad dressing, consider serving it separately, alongside the salad, to emphasise the individual flavours. Other less-costly types of blue cheeses can be reserved for dressings, dips, and spreads. These can be crumbled into plain yoghurt or sour cream to make a dip, or into mayonnaise to create a dressing. However you choose to serve it, Roquefort complements a wide range of interesting breads (use it to flavour focaccia) and whole-grain biscuits. It’s wonderful with strudel, baked potatoes, and polenta. This cheese is also superb with port or other robust red wines, dessert wines like Sauternes, and fruits such as ripe pears.

Buying and storing tips

Roquefort should be crumbly but still hold its shape. Its colour should be ivory, and the veins of green-blue mould should be very distinctive. Batches that are too salty should be rejected.

Varieties

Roquefort cheese is essentially just one variety, which is name- and trademark-protected under the guidelines of the Roquefort Association, Inc. If you want to be sure that you have obtained genuine Roquefort cheese, look for the red sheep seal on the packaging, which only authorized producers are entitled to display. Still, there are many brands of Roquefort to choose from, each with its own subtle qualities.

Nutrition Highlights

Roquefort cheese, 1 oz. (28g)
Calories: 105
Protein: 6.1g
Carbohydrate: 0.57g
Total Fat: 8.7g
Fiber: 0.0g
*Good source of: Calcium (188mg)

*Foods that are an “excellent source” of a particular nutrient provide 20% or more of the Recommended Daily Value, based upon United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines. Foods that are a “good source” of a particular nutrient provide between 10 and 20% of the USDA Recommended Daily Value. Nutritional information and daily nutritional guidelines may vary in different countries. Please consult the appropriate organization in your country for specific nutritional values and the recommended daily guidelines.

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