Abbaye de Tamie is a French cheese made by the monks at the Trappist Abbey of Tamié since the 12th century. The abbey is located in the Savoie region of southeastern France.
Earlier milk is used to come from the monastery’s herd, but today the monks use unpasteurised milk of Abondance cows to prepare the cheese at the abbey.
Tamie is a washed rind cheese with a meltingly soft and yielding center wrapped in an orangish-red sticky rind dusted with mold. It has a typical washed rind pungent and perfumed aroma. Flavours of the cheese are delicate and balanced with sweet notes of fresh cream, salt and hay. It leaves behind a bit of bitterness on the finish. Tamie is often compared to Reblochon but its pate is less creamy and the smell stronger.s.
Abbaye de Tamie is easily recognizable by its blue and white paper packing. It pairs well with Cru Beaujolais, Sangiovese, Chardonnay, Merlot or BeaujolaiAs with other monasteries cheeses of France
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340 kcal per 100 gr.
26 gr. per 100 gr.
26 gr. per 100 gr.
51 %
16 gr. per 100 gr.
1600 mg. ( + 98% )*
*(the difference from the average value)
15 - Individual visits per month (average)
784 - All individual visits
23 11 2016 - Date of publication of this article
03 01 2017 - Date of last edit
