Cheese Database

Cabécou vs Rocamadour

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.

Rocamadour

Facts

Milk
Goat
Texture
Soft
Rind
Natural rind
Country
France
Place
Midi-Pyrénées

Rocamadour is a small soft goat's milk cheese from the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. Each piece is a low disk, light enough to serve whole, with a thin natural rind and a tender center. The milk is goat, and that flavor is part of the public identity, gentle at first and clearer as the cheese ripens. It sits in the family of southern cabécou, the little goat cheeses of this part of France. It is a board cheese and a spreading cheese, not a hard wheel.