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Abondance

People can’t get enough of Abondance, which is a real treat for the taste buds. This semi-hard cheese, which was first created by monks, is made exclusively in Haute-Savoie using raw milk from cow’s milked twice a day. Moulded in a hessian, the cheese curd is placed in a press for one day before being salted. It is then left to mature for at least 100 days on spruce boards in a cellar, where it is regularly rubbed with salty water and turned over. This cheese is renowned for its slightly bitter taste of hazelnuts.

  • brebis
    Cheeser
    Sheep’s milk
  • AOP
    YEAR OF LABELLING
    1990
  • thermometre
    Raw milk
  • fromages
    Pressed cooked cheese
Key figures
  • 240 Milk producers
  • 75 Farmhouse producers
  • 16 Production plants
  • 14 Maturing plants
  • 3 497 Tons marketed in 2020

Our tasting tips

La découpe du Abondance

Cutting

Pains à déguster avec le Abondance

Breads

Nut bread
Seeded baguette

Accords gourmands

Food pairings

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Drink in moderation.

Savoie dry white wine
Crémant de Savoie
Vin de Savoie
Sparkling rosé

Organoleptic characteristics

Appearance

Concave side, smear-ripened rind, fabric look with golden yellow to brown colour

Texture

Texture

Soft creamy cheese

Gout

Taste

Fruity taste, slight notes of nuts, pineapple and citrus