Salers Cheese

Salers cheese from the volcanic region in the mountains of Auvergne, central France is a pressed, cheese made from unpasteurized Salers cow's milk between mid April and mid November, and said to be at it's best between September and March, after maturing for nine months.

The 40kg truckles are circular in shape.

Similar to the Cantal cheese, Salers cheese is thought to have been made for at least 2000 years, and regulated by the "Appellation d'origine contrôlée" since 1979.

Salers, along with the Saint-Nectaire and Cantal cheeses, became popular after the Maréchal de Sennecterre served it at the table of Louis XIV.

It is circular in shape, weighing around 40 kg.

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Franchesse: Gastronomy

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The Auvergne is a largely mountainous region in central France, part of the Massif Central. In summer the climate is hot and dry, ideal for walking, hiking and horse-riding while winters are comparatively harsh, making ideal conditions for skiing. So the gastronomy of the region is geared to satisfying hearty appetites.

Auvergne cheeses such as Cantal, Salers, St Nectaire, Tôme d'Auvergne and Bleu d'Auvergne are renowned worldwide. However the gastronomy of the area is less well-known.

St Nectaire, "the best of cheeses", won the Sun King's admiration when it was was introduced to the court of Louis IV the Maréchal de France Henry de Sennectère. It us usually enjoyed at the end of a meal, though it is also sometimes used in salads or in tarte au Saint-Nectaire, truffade and soupe de Noël (Christmas soup). Red wine is accompanies it well; perhaps a Bourgogne or

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The region is made up of many different types of landscape, with breathtaking scenery - mountains, precipitous gorges, tumbling streams, many lakes and extensive wild forests ... and many extinct volcanoes, up to heights of 1,885m (6,180ft) around Clermont-Ferrand, the capital city of the region.

Vulcania
The Vulcania theme park celebrates the many volcanos of the Auvergne with a guided tour which descends towards the centre of the earth within an extinct volcano crater. With simulations of volcanic eruptions, and lava flows, the origins of our solar system and science of the earth and of the univers are explored.

Les chemins St Jacques de Compostelle
The most well-known and impressive of the volcanic cones ("puys") is the Puy de Dôme close to Clermont-Ferrand, one of the departure points for pilgims joining the Chemin St Jacques "Via Podiensis" route to the shrine of St James at Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain.

The pilgrim route passes through the the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne, visiting several shrines of the enigmatic Black Madonnas en route - at Besse en Chandesse, Orcival, Murat, Mauriac, Aurillac for example.

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