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vacherin
cake or cow’s milk cheese
Vacherin the cheese is made in both France and Switzerland, and is best known as Mont d'Or.
A vacherin cake is made with discs of meringue filled with almond paste, fruit or ice cream and covered with crème Chantilly (ready-made ones are sold in the freezer section). It’s named after the cheese, which has the same shape and creamy colour.
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by albertoadan