0. Bleu d'Auvergne PDO

Bleu d’Auvergne PDO

A luscious and wild blue cheese: a powerful and supple aroma

 
0. Cantal PDO

Cantal PDO

Multiple sensations: an either soft or powerful flavour depending on ripening

 
0. Fourme d'Ambert PDO

Fourme d’Ambert PDO

A grand lady with a tender heart: delicate, soft and subtle

 
0. Saint-Nectaire PDO

Saint-Nectaire PDO

Straight out of the Auvergne Highlands: creamy with a nutty flavour

 
0. Salers PDO

Salers PDO

An exceptional farmer’s cheese: robust, spicy and floral

 

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Recipe using Saint-Nectaire: Crème brulée with chestnusts and Saint-Nectaire cheese

Pudding

Pudding

Saint-Nectaire

Saint-Nectaire

Moderate

Moderate

Reasonable

Reasonable

Preparation: 10 mins

Preparation: 10 mins

Cooking time: 90 mins

Cooking time: 90 mins

8 people

8 people

Ingredients
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 100 g chesnut purée (unsweetened)
  • 100 g Saint-Nectaire cheese
  • 10 cl chestnut liqueur
  • 1 litre crème fraîche
  • brown sugar
Preparation
  1. Cut the Saint-Nectaire cheese into slices.
  2. Mix in th following order, the egg yolks, the sugar, the chestnut purée, the Saint-nectaire, the chestnut liqueur and the cream.
  3. Cook at 212°F for 90 mins (do not exceed this temperature).
  4. Before serving, sprinkle with brown sugar and place under the grill (or brown the sugar with a blow torch).

Conseils

Prepare this dish the night before to give it time to cool down completely. Recipe by Jean-Marc Pourcher.

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