Banon vs Cabécou
Banon
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Banon is a soft goat cheese from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France. Each small round is wrapped in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia, which is how shoppers recognize it. The milk is goat's milk, and the curd is set in a way that stays gentle rather than sharply sour. Under the leaves, the paste is creamy and can turn almost runny when ripe. The leaves add a woody, slightly tannic note that plain fresh goat cheese does not have.
Cabécou
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Midi-Pyrénées
Cabécou is a small soft goat cheese from the Midi-Pyrénées in France. The name comes from an Occitan word for goat, and it fits a cheese made only from goat's milk. Each piece is a flat little round with a thin bloomy rind and a cream-colored center. The paste is tender and mildly lactic when the cheese is young. With more time the rind develops and the goat flavor grows stronger.