Mold cheeses are usually classified as noble varieties not only because real gourmets love and appreciate them, but also for their non-standard, special, specific taste and undoubted benefits. Dor Blue cheese with a blue mold from marble is perhaps the most famous and widespread variety both in Russia and around the world. Surprisingly, this cheese is produced not in the leading countries of cheese production (France and Holland), but in Germany, where at the beginning of the last century its unique recipe was invented, which is kept secret until our days. Probably, thanks to German accuracy, scrupulousness, moderation and thoroughness, everything is so skillfully arranged and balanced in the recipe for this product that Dor Blue cheese, despite its specific appearance and composition, has a soft, “balanced”, moderate taste, which is appreciated not only gourmets, but also people far from food delights.
Classic Dor Blue is made from natural milk, abomasum and, of course, special blue mold. Round cheese layers, tamped into the molds, are pierced in a special way for the penetration of beneficial fungi into the cheese mass, and then kept in dark cellars for several months.
Dor blue - universal cheese. It belongs to the class of semi-solid varieties, which makes it possible to use it not only as part of salads and cold appetizers, but also cut into small portions and spread on a dish, but also in recipes for preparing hot dishes, where light spicy notes with bitterness are a good taste addition. Famous cheese connoisseurs and connoisseurs, the French, prefer such varieties in combination with grapes, pears, various nuts, browned and oven-dried slices of wheat bread, as an appetizer to semi-sweet red wine.
Dor Blue cheese. Benefit and harm
Such varieties of cheese are considered very useful precisely due to the addition of moldy fungus to their recipe. A small amount of blue cheese in the daily diet is very beneficial for the intestinal microflora, improves its work. In addition to the natural antibiotic - penicillin, which destroys the dangerous bacteria staphylococcus, streptococcus, Dor Blue cheese contains vitamins A, B, E and P, minerals, calcium and iron. The only thing to remember when eating cheese is its high calorie content. Therefore, it is recommended to eat in small portions.
Speaking about the undoubted benefits of the product, mention should also be made of its possible adverse effects. So, due to a rather sharp salty taste, Dor Blue cheese is undesirable for people with gastritis and ulcers, with kidney diseases, hypertension. It is contraindicated in case of personal intolerance to antibiotics, allergic reactions, during pregnancy. Due to the high calorie content, this product should not be consumed by overweight people, as well as young children.
In conclusion, here are some recipes using this exquisite product.
Salad number 1
Cut the boiled chicken breast into thin small slices or simply divide into thin fibers, mix with cheese chopped into small cubes, lettuce, chopped almonds. As a dressing, we recommend using vegetable oil mixed with a few drops of lemon and half a teaspoon of French mustard, or just add a little mayonnaise (in this case, salt the salad is not worth it).
Salad number 2
Mix the diced cheese into thin slices of pear and grapes. Fill the mass with olive oil mixed with lemon juice, a little French mustard and a spoonful of wine vinegar. Salting should not be.