All about Saint Agur > The secret behind the making of Saint Agur

Saint Agur is developed based on a traditional method of French blue veined cheese. Following pasteurisation, the milk is heated to 90°F, sowed with starter cultures and rennet in order to acquire the curdling. As soon as it achieves the desired consistency, the curd is drained off, broken up and put into its octagonal mould. Crumbling plays an essential role for a successful inoculation of the penicillium in the curd's structure. These are in effect the spores from this microscopic mushroom, which, by developing themselves, will produce the internal moulds, so characteristic of blue cheeses. Saint Agur is sowed with the penicillium roqueforti. Next, the fresh cheese is removed from the mould, then salted with coarse salt by hand, gradually for 6 days. Placed on a rack, the cheese is taken to the drying shed, a very humid maturing premise, maintained at a constant temperature ranging between 50 and 54°F. During maturing, the cheese is "pierced" at least three times in order to ensure the development of the blue color at the centre of the cheese.

The maturing of Saint Agur lasts for approximately 80 days. At the end of this period, the cheese is packaged in aluminum paper, which preserves all its qualities, and allows for a "slow maturing" during the whole journey from the cheese dairy to your table.