Corleggy vs Tomme
Corleggy
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Ireland
- Place
- County Cavan
Corleggy is a hard cheese made from raw goat's milk in County Cavan, Ireland. An Irish cheese company produces it by hand, and the wheel carries a natural rind. The paste is smooth and ivory when the cheese is young, then firmer as it ages. A young piece tastes mild and nutty. An older piece turns drier, earthier, and a little sharper on the finish.
Tomme
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
Tomme is a French cheese word more than a single recipe, and it usually means a round, flat wheel with a natural rind. The paste is pressed and not cooked the way a very dry grating cheese is cooked, so the texture stays semi-hard and supple. Many tommes were traditionally made from milk that had already lost some cream. The word covers farm cheeses across France. A label that says only tomme names a style, not one fixed cheese from one valley.