Marjorie Taylor, Kendall Smith Franchini

The Cheese Board

Name: The Cheese Board
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: truffled triple-cream cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; flower- and saffron-coated soft goat’s milk cheese, Burgundy; flower- and saffron-coated soft goat’s milk cheese, Burgundy; boat-shaped aged seasonal goat’s milk cheese, Burgundy; creamy, soft cow’s milk cheese, Rhône-Alpes; creamy, soft cow’s milk cheese, Rhône-Alpes; creamy semi-soft cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; creamy blue sheep’s milk cheese, Midi-Pyrénées; creamy blue sheep’s milk cheese, Midi-Pyrénées; soft washed-rind cow’s milk cheese, Champagne-Ardenne; tangy, ash-rinded goat’s milk cheese log, Burgundy; yellowish semi-hard alpine cow’s milk cheese, Jura; yellowish semi-hard alpine cow’s milk cheese, Jura; firm, round, orange-rinded sheep’s milk cheese, Aquitaine; firm, round, orange-rinded sheep’s milk cheese, Aquitaine; pressed, wildflower-coated cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; soft round goat’s milk cheese, Burgundy; fresh, creamy, mustard-coated cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; fresh raw goat’s milk cheese, Burgundy; soft washed-rind cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; soft washed-rind cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy; small herb-crusted sheep’s milk cheese, Corsica; small herb-crusted sheep’s milk cheese, Corsica; small ash-coated, pyramidal goat’s milk cheese, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; small ash-coated, pyramidal goat’s milk cheese, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Preparation info

Each group makes a cheese board for
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

French at Heart

By Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini

Published 2025

About

Ingredients

Un Royal Truffé

truffled triple-cream cow’s milk cheese, Burgundy

Europe
France
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Like our long French lunches at The Cook’s Atelier, every lunch and dinner at home ends with a cheese course. No matter how simple or elaborate the meal, a bite or two of some of our favorites is a French custom we have thoroughly adopted. We always serve it after the main course (never before the meal!), when people are relaxed and ready to chat, and when strong flavors are most appreciated wi