Tête de Moine AOP is a semi-hard cheese manufactured in Switzerland. It is classified as a Swiss-type or Alpine cheese, and was invented and initially produced more than eight centuries ago by the monks of the abbey of Bellelay, located in the community of Saicourt, district of Moutier, in the mountainous zone of the Bernese Jura, the French-speaking area of the Canton of Bern as well as the Canton of Jura.

Categories: Cheese Cow's milk cheese Culinary Heritage of Switzerland Swiss cheese
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Wikidata ID: Q687579
Wikipedia title: Tête de Moine
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Wikipedia article: Tête de Moine

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