Chavroux vs Valençay
Chavroux
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Cognac
Chavroux is a brand of fresh goat's cheese from the Cognac area of France. The milk is pasteurized, and the paste is white, mild, and soft enough to spread. The best known piece is a small pyramid with a flat top, and a short log is sold as well. The fresh pyramid has no dry rind. Cooks use it on bread, in salads, and in warm dishes when they want goat's milk without a sharp farmyard taste.
Valençay
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Centre-Val de Loire
Valençay is a soft goat's milk cheese from Centre-Val de Loire, in France. Each cheese is a small truncated pyramid, flat across the top, with a coat of vegetable ash. A light bloomy surface develops over that gray coat as the cheese rests. The paste is white and moist, creamy near the rind and a little chalky at the center when young. The taste is bright, tangy, and lightly salty, with a clean goat note.