Explorateur
Country of originFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
Source of milkcows
Texturesoft

L'Explorateur is a soft-ripened French triple cream cow's-milk cheese made in the Île-de-France region of France.[1]

Created in the 1950s, it was named to honor the first US Satellite, Explorer. As a triple creme, the fat content of its dry matter is about 75%.[2]: 215  It has a squat cylindrical shape, and has a smooth, unpressed texture.[2]: 215 

Its name is a registered trademark of its manufacturer.

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References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Gourmet Food
  2. ^ a b Masui, Kazuko; Yamada, Tomoko (2004). French Cheeses. Great Britain: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 1-4053-0666-1.


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