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Brillat-Savarin Cheese is a soft, creamy cheese shaped like a wheel of Brie, that also has the same white, soft, downy crust.

It is a triple-cream cheese, having a 75% butterfat content.

It is made year-round from cow's milk in Normandy, France, and aged 1 to 2 weeks.

The small round wheels of Brillat-Savarin Cheese are about 5 inches (13 cm) wide, about 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) thick, weighing about 1 pound (450 g.)

Substitutes
Another cream cheese.

History
Brillat-Savarin Cheese was created by a Henry Androuët in the 1930s, and named after Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Androuët based it on the Excelsior cheese, a traditional Normandy cheese.

It was originally made in Forges-les-eaux, a former spa town 33 miles (54 km) from Dieppe. As of 2006, the rights to make the cheese are owned by the French cheese conglomerate "Bongrain."

See Also:

Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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