Alouette, a leading brand in spreadable and specialty cheeses, is introducing a new brie and sent me a sample for review. The new product is Extra Creamy Brie, a unique triple crème baby brie. It comes in a cute 5 oz. package, perfect for a small portion lunch cheese tasting.
This cheese is very creamy and buttery with a thin rind. It is a young brie with a very mild flavor. While we typically prefer a stronger earthy flavor for a triple crème brie, we still found Alouette Extra Creamy Brie quite pleasant.
This triple crème brie is also great to use in cooking. Last night, I made Brie Truffled Burgers with Kumato Tomatoes and Ramps Mayonnaise. The combination of hints of truffle in the burger, brie, and ramps was excellent.
Ingredients: (4 servings)
4-5 ramps (more info)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground horseradish powder (or mustard powder)
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 yolks
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 pound ground beef or bison
1 teaspoon truffle salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
Kumato tomatoes (more info)
Burger buns
Alouette Extra Creamy Brie
Directions:
Chop ramps finely. Combine with salt and horseradish powder and crush to a paste in the mortar and pestle (or use food processor). Whisk in vinegar and egg yolks. Pouring the extra-virgin oil in a thin stream, whisk the mixture until achieving the consistency of mayonnaise. Season with more salt if necessary. Chill.
Prepare the grill. Mix the ground meat with truffle salt and pepper, form four patties. Grill burger patties until cooked through (about 5 minutes per side for beef, 2-3 minutes per side for bison). At the last minute, top the patties with one or two slices of brie.
Assemble the burgers, placing 1-2 tablespoons of ramps mayonnaise on a warmed up bun, followed by a kumato tomato slice, a burger patty with brie on top.
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Alouette also sent me a few free coupons to try any of their products including the new extra creamy brie. I would love to share these coupons with my readers! Just leave me a comment on this post and I will randomly pick two winners to receive two coupons each. This giveaway will be open until midnight on Thursday 5/27/10 and the winners will be announced the following day, 5/28/10.
