Fromage Pavé

Fromage Pave. Fromage pave literally means cheese brick. It's Trader Joe's French triple creme cheese. The triple cream style is a brie-style cheese that's had cream added to it to increase the butter fat content. It's called a bloomy rind. So that white edible rind is made of mold. It will contribute mushroomy aromas to the cheese. It's really luscious, really spreadable. That molded rind is actually breaking down the cheese over time. So the textural breakdown that's happening here right under the rind is where we're gonna have the most concentrated flavor. Again, it doesn't have a really strong smell, and you don't want it to. If these cheeses smell really strongly of ammonia, they're over ripe and they're gonna taste really bitter and they're not gonna be good. It's just like eating whipped butter, and I see nothing wrong with that. The other thing I really, really like about this cheese is the rind. The rind is soft, it's cohesive, it's part of the cheese. I don't know why one would choose the brie over this.