£9.50
A little whole French triple-cream cheese with a wonderfully rich, buttery texture and delicate flavours of sweet cream, hazelnuts and mushrooms. Perfect for two — allegedly.
All the indulgence of Délice des Crémiers, in one rather lovely little cheese.
Délice des Crémiers Baby is a small, whole triple-cream cheese made by Fromagerie Delin in Burgundy. Extra cream is added during the cheesemaking process, giving it that wonderfully rich, buttery texture that makes Délice such a treat.
If you’d like to know more about how triple-cream cheeses are made — including why 75% fat in dry matter definitely doesn’t mean the cheese is 75% fat! — you’ll find the full story on our main Délice des Crémiers page.
The Baby is simply a smaller version, and sometimes that’s exactly what you want.
It’s perfect for a smaller cheeseboard, a dinner for two or, frankly, when you just fancy having a whole cheese rather than buying a wedge.
There’s something rather satisfying about putting a whole little cheese on a cheeseboard.
The Baby has the same soft white bloomy rind and rich, creamy interior as its larger sibling. When young, the centre can be slightly firmer and fresher, but as it ripens the cheese becomes increasingly soft and yielding.
Because it’s a smaller cheese, you also get a lovely proportion of rind to paste. That means plenty of the earthy, mushroomy flavours from the outside alongside all that sweet, buttery creaminess within.
It’s small, but there’s an awful lot going on.
For me, the joy of Délice des Crémiers is its texture.
Let it ripen properly and the centre becomes beautifully soft and creamy, almost like clotted cream or whipped butter. There’s a gentle sweetness, a little cultured tang and flavours of fresh cream and hazelnuts.
Then you reach the rind and get those lovely mushroomy, earthy notes that stop the richness becoming too much.
And because this is a whole little cheese, cutting into it feels rather more exciting than it probably should.
Jen’s note: The Baby is theoretically a sharing cheese. I’m beginning to notice that cheese producers and I have rather different ideas about what constitutes a portion.
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Ingredients (Allergens are listed in capitals)
MILK, cream (MILK), salt, rennet, lactic ferments
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Sunday 22nd 9am – 4pm
Monday 23rd 9am – 4pm
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Boxing Day Closed
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Thursday 2nd January Closed
Friday 3rd 9am – 4pm then open as normal
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