🧀Description: Introducing Bua Chompoo, our raclette-style masterpiece crafted for melting perfection. This semi-soft, washed rind cheese captivates with its rich body and inviting aroma. As it matures, a delicate pink rind emerges from daily care, lending the cheese its distinctive character and name.

🪧Name: Bua Chompoo (บัวชมพู) – Named for its evolving color, Bua Chompoo takes inspiration from the delicate pink hue that gradually appears on its rind as it ages, evoking the graceful bloom of a flower.

📦 ~125 g slice (approximate weight), in paper wrapping.

🐄Source: Fresh cow's milk from Nakhon Pathom.

🏷️Style: Raclette-style, semi-soft cheese with a washed rind that develops a unique, delicate pink coloration through a meticulous aging process.

🧪Ferments and Cultures

• Acidification Cultures: Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris
• Surface Culture: Bevibacterium Linens (inoculated to encourage the development of the pink rind)

🤤Characteristics: Bua Chompoo boasts a rich, aromatic body and a semi-soft texture that melts beautifully, making it perfect for raclette or any dish where a luscious, melted cheese is desired. Its balanced flavor profile is both robust and complex, inviting you to savor each bite as the cheese evolves in complexity and charm.

🍴How to eat:

• On the cheese board: with bread and dry figs or nuts, or with strong flavored cold cuts such as salami or mortadella.
• Melted on hot potatoes, with Parma ham.
• Melted on top of grilled dry aged beef for an intense flavor and texture combo.

🍷Wine Pairing:

• Dry white wines like Sauvignon Blanc or Chenin Blanc for melting dishes.
• Light reds like Gamay or Beaujolais to match its strong aroma.

📅Best before: 3 months from manufacture date.

⌛ Affinage: Keep wrapped in paper or food wrapping film at 4 degree C. The cheese is already ripened for 2 to 3 months prior to being sold and benefits little from further affinage.

⚠️Ingredients: cow's milk, rennet, cultures, lysozyme, salt. Allergen: Milk, egg. Storage: Keep refrigerated ≤ 5°C