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Cantonnier Cheese
Cantonnier Cheese is a semi-firm, Port du Salut style cheese, created as an adaptation of Oka Cheese.
It is a farmhouse-style cheese, made from one farm, and with milk from a single herd of cows, though no official definition of the term "Farmhouse" exists in Canada. The cheesemakers had to obtain special permission from the Canadian government to use their own milk in making the cheese, as normally that is not allowed in Canada.
Like all Port du Salut style cheeses, the cheese is pressed and aged for around 7 to 12 weeks. During the time, the rind is washed. The ripening happens from the surface inwards.
The yellowish-orange rind has a greasy feel to it. The cheese inside is a pale cream colour and pliable.
Production started in 1994. It is made in the village of Warwick in Québec.
Cooking Tips
Melts well.
Nutrition
Fat content: 55%
Storage
Keep in refrigerator for up to 2 or 3 weeks.
Language Notes
Cantonnier is an old French word that meant someone who worked on roads. Canton is also used in Quebec to mean "township", and the village of Warwick was in the township of the same name.
Also called:  Cantonnier du Village de Warick Cantonnier du Village de Warick (French)
See Also
Surface-Ripened Cheeses
Other entries for Port du Salut Cheeses
Bel Paese Cheese, Campénéac Cheese, Cantonnier Cheese, Entrammes Cheese, Esrom Cheese, Limburger Cheese, Mantecoso Cheese, Oka Cheese, Orval Cheese, Port du Salut Cheeses, Saint Paulin, Timadeuc Cheese
Other entries for Washed-Rind Cheeses
Appenzeller Cheese, Bishop Kennedy Cheese, Epoisses Cheese, Fontina Cheese, Pied de Vent Cheese, Port Salut Cheese, Reblochon Cheese, Soumaintrain Cheese, Stinking Bishop Cheese, Taleggio Cheese, Tête de Moine Cheese, Tilsit Cheese
Other entries for Cheese
Affinage, American Cheeses, Casu Marzu, Cheese Rinds, Creamery, Double/Triple-Cream Cheese, Extra-Hard Cheeses, Firm Cheeses, Goat's Milk Cheeses, Mexican Cheeses, Pate (of a Cheese), Processed Cheese, Queso Fundido, Rennet, Semi-Firm Cheeses, Sheep's Milk Cheeses, Skim-Milk Cheeses, Smear-Ripened Cheeses, Soft Cheeses, Surface-Ripened Cheeses, Sweet Curd Cheeses, The Crumblies, Truckle, Washed-Curd Cheeses, Yak Cheese, Yeel Cheese
Other entries for Dairy
Butterfat, Butter, Milk, Nondairy Topping
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