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Époisses

Also called Epoisses and Epoisses de Bourgogne

Époisses is a soft cheese made from milk. Cooks treat it as dairy.

  • Dairy
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Milk
Part used
Milk
Texture
Soft
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
France
Époisses, whole

Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Soft

Around the world

Where Époisses is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses Époisses. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list Époisses among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1500s

    An oral legend credits a Cistercian community with starting production in the early 1500s.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: Époisses in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milk
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
milk
A kind of
cheese

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What Époisses is called

Names in 27 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Époisses de Bourgogne · Époisses · Epoisses de Bourgogne · Epoisses

  • French

    époisses · Epoisses · Époisses de Bourgogne · Époisses

  • Italian

    Époisses · Epoisses AOC

  • German

    Epoisses · Epoisses de Bourgogne · Époisses · Époisses de Bourgogne

  • Dutch

    Époisses · Epoisses AOC · Époisses AOC

  • Russian

    Эпуас

  • Hebrew

    אפואס

  • Hindi

    एप्वास

  • Chinese

    埃普瓦斯奶酪

  • Japanese

    エポワス · エポワス・ド・ブルゴーニュ · エポワスド ブルゴーニュ

  • Korean

    에푸아스

  • Thai

    เนยแข็งเอปวส

Show all 27 languages

  • Armenian

    Էպուաս (պանիր)

  • Basque

    Époisses de Bourgogne

  • Catalan

    époisses de Bourgogne · Époisses

  • Czech

    Epoisses

  • Egyptian Arabic

    اپويسيس د بورجوجن (جبنه)

  • Esperanto

    fromaĝo de Époisses

  • Finnish

    Époisses de Bourgogne · Epoisses de Bourgogne

  • Indonesian

    Époisses de Bourgogne

  • Latin

    Époisses

  • nrm

    Époisses (formage)

  • Occitan

    Époisses (formatge)

  • Romanian

    Époisses

  • Simplified Chinese

    埃普瓦斯奶酪

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    埃普瓦斯奶酪

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    埃普瓦斯干酪

  • Swedish

    Époisses de Bourgogne

  • Traditional Chinese

    埃普瓦斯芝士

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    埃普瓦斯芝士

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    埃普瓦斯起司

  • Ukrainian

    Епуас

  • Uzbek

    Epuas pishlog‘i

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q1231414

Photos

Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons