Caprino vs Chèvre
Caprino
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Country
- Italy
Caprino is the Italian name for goat's milk cheese, and it covers a family rather than one wheel from one valley. The word comes from capra, the Italian word for a goat. Fresh caprino is the version most shops mean, a small soft cheese that is white, spreadable, and bright with tang. Aged caprino is firmer, saltier, and better for cutting than for spreading. Italy produces both, and the plain name has no single town attached to it.
Chèvre
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- France
Chèvre means goat in French. On a cheese counter it means a fresh goat's-milk cheese: soft, white, and tangy, with no need for a rind.