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Cow milk is seeded with Penicillium roqueforti and set with rennet at 30–35 °C. The curd is cut to corn-sized grains, drained in tall moulds without pressing, salted, and pierced with needles from the fourth day so the blue mould can grow inside. It ripens in a cold, humid cellar and may carry the name from day 28. Made in 7 steps over 46 days – 47 days. The longest step, hold cold until day 28, takes at least 28 days (INAO 2013) and runs at 0–6 °C (INAO 2013). Penicillium roqueforti and Lactic acid bacteria do most of the fermenting.
Salt · As brine, dry salt or both, at the end of draining[inao-fa]
Starter
Lactic cultures and Penicillium roqueforti added to the milk
Total time across the recorded steps: 46 days – 47 days
Start
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What changes:Blue mould spores, lactic cultures and rennet go into the milk, and it sets
Step 1 of 7
Seed the milk and add rennet
Time
Not documented
Temperature
30–35 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Penicillium roqueforti
Lactic acid bacteria
Output: coagulum.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
soft gel
Colour
white
Microbes at work in this step
lactic cultures and Penicillium roqueforti spores go into the milk; rennet sets it
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Fourme d'Ambert is a blue cheese made like a tall drum. Its curd is never pressed and never broken down, so the corn-sized grains leave gaps where the mould grows after piercing. It is milder than Roquefort, which is made from ewe milk.
Milk
Cow milk only; farm cheeses use raw whole milk
Ripening
At least 28 days from renneting
Size
PDO rules: 17–21 cm high, 12.5–14 cm across, 1.9–2.5 kg; at least 50 % fat in dry matter
Its history starts in the summer farmhouses of the Forez mountains, where women made the cheese. It was recognised as an appellation in 1972, together with Fourme de Montbrison.