Pont-l'Évêque cheese
Pont-l'Évêque is an AOC and AOP cows’ milk cheese, originally manufactured in the area around the commune of Pont-l'Évêque, between Deauville and Lisieux in the Calvados département of Basse-Normandie, and is probably the oldest Norman cheese still in production.
The cheese is un-heated and un-pressed, with a square shape of around 10cm square and about 3cm high, and weighing 400g. The interior is soft and creamy pale yellow in colour with a smooth, fine texture with a pungent aroma. It is surrounded by a washed rind that is white with a gentle orange-brown colour. The cheese is soft when pressed but lacks elasticity. It is generally ranked alongside Brie, Camembert, and Roquefort as one of the most popular cheeses in France.
The cheese has been made in Normandy since at least the 12th century, and local legend claims that it was first made in a Norman abbey. A manuscript from the time writes that a fine meal should always end with some "angelot", the name used for the cheese at the time.
The cheese became popular across the country from the 16th century onwards, when it obtained the name of the village around which its production was centred.
The AOC regulations include the following restrictions:
The milk must come from a controlled area around the village of Pont-l'Évêque, extending to the départments of Calvados, Eure, Manche, Mayenne, Orne and Seine-Maritime.
The curd must be successively divided, kneaded and then drained.
Whilst maturing, the cheeses must be washed, brushed and turned.
The resulting cheese must be one of three sizes:
- Petit - 8.5-9.5cm square, and a minimum of 85g of dry matter.
- Demi - 10.5-11.5cm by 5.2-5.7cm, with a minimum of 70g of dry matter.
- Grand - 19-21cm square, with a minimum of 650g of dry matter.
The cheese must mature for least 2 weeks, though most are left for over 6 weeks.
Regulations currently allow both pasteurised or unpasteurised milk to be used during manufacture.
Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses
The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.
For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g
If the Pont-l'Évêque cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Pont-l'Évêque cheese.
The calorie lists are sortable by clicking the up and down arrows in the heading columns
| 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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