
Language: French
Description: A semihard, blue-veined disc of cow’s milk cheese with a sharp smell and flavour. It is sold wrapped in foil. (AOC-1975).

Pronounced: bluh doh-VEHRN-yuh
Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: Widespread
Most frequent region: Auvergne
See places: French food and cuisine, Auvergne
See foods and dishes: Bleu de Quercy, Bleu des Causses
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