Édel de Cléron
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Édel de Cléron is a traditional French cheese of relatively recent origin which carries the name of the village where it is made, Cléron
, in the valley of the Loue
of the Doubs department in Franche-Comté
.
Cléron
Cléron is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, in the valley of the Loue
Loue
The Loue is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. Its source is a karstic spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs...
of the Doubs department in Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...
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- By its taste, form and texture, it is close to a Vacherin Mont-d'Or.
- It is made from lightly pasteurized cow's milk from the Doubs department. It is made all year long.
- It is surrounded by a band, and packaged in a box, of natural aromatic pine bark from the Jura mountainsJura mountainsThe Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...
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