Gaperon cheese

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Gaperon cheese


Gaperon, which has been produced for over 1200 years, is a cows’ milk cheese flavoured with cracked peppercorns and garlic. It has a fluffy exterior, and is shaped into a dome. The inside varies from ivory to a pale yellow colour depending on the season.

Gaperon is available all year round with no particular best season, principally because of the pepper and garlic flavouring. The taste is tart when the cheeseis young. As it matures, it turns to a soft and buttery consistency with an intense garlic and pepper flavour.

The cheese is a speciality of the Auvergne and originated from the plateau of Limagne, between Clermont-Ferrand and Vichy in the Puy de Dôme département. It was originally made with the “babeurre” - the left overs from making butter (buttermilk). Milk which was left over after butter-making was mixed with fresh milk to make the cheese curds and further mixed with the local pink garlic and pepper. In previous times, Gaperon was ripened in the fresh air, as it was hung in the farmhouse kitchen or the storeroom.

Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses

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For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g

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Cheese type Calories per 100g
American cheese 371
Blue cheese 353
Camembert cheese 299
Cheddar cheese 402
Cottage cheese 98
Edam cheese 357
Farmer's cheese 98
Feta cheese 264
Fontina cheese 389
Goat cheese 364
Gouda cheese 356
Gruyere cheese 413
Mozzarella cheese 280
Parmesan cheese 431
Pimento cheese 375
Provolone cheese 352
Queso blanco cheese 310
Ricotta cheese 174
Roquefort cheese 369
Swiss cheese 380

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