- Vieux-Boulogne
Infobox Cheese
name = Vieux-Boulogne
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country =France
regiontown =Pas-de-Calais "département",Boulogne-sur-Mer
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source =Cow s
pasteurised = No
texture = Soft, moist
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certification =Vieux-Boulogne (also known as Sablé du Boulonnais) is an unpasteurized, unpressed cow's-milk
cheese made in thePas-de-Calais "département" around the town ofBoulogne-sur-Mer inFrance .This "artisanal" cheese is square in shape, at around 11 centimetres across and 4 centimetres high, and weighs up to 500g. It has a soft, elastic central pâte, surrounded by a moist, red-orange washed rind that is washed in
beer during production. The cheese is "pre-salé" (pre-salted).Vieux-Boulogne is famed for its strong smell, and in November 2004 was found by researchers at
Cranfield University to be the "smelliest" of 15 French and British cheeses that they tested. [David Derbyshire: " [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/26/ncheese26.xml Experts name the smelliest cheese] ",Daily Telegraph ,2004 -11-27, accessed2007 -03-22] A followup test done by the same institution using "electronic nose" sensors in March 2007 reaffirmed Vieux-Boulogne's status as the world's "smelliest" cheese. [ BBC News " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4044703.stm 'World's Smelliest Cheese' Named] " ]References
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