Crottin de Chavignol vs Picodon
Crottin de Chavignol
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Centre-Val de Loire
Crottin de Chavignol is a small goat's milk cheese from Centre-Val de Loire in France. Each piece is a short round with a thin natural rind. Young cheese is pale, soft, and mild, with a creamy center. Cheese kept longer turns drier, darker, and stronger in flavor. The name refers to that small rounded shape, which becomes more obvious as the outside dries and darkens.
Picodon
Facts
- Milk
- Goat
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Rhône-Alpes
Picodon is a small goat's milk cheese from the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Each piece is a low round disk of whole goat's milk, and the paste is soft when the cheese is young. The taste is frank, with hazelnut, a light mushroom note, and sometimes a peppery edge. A short ripening leaves the center supple under a thin rind. A longer rest dries the paste and makes the taste stronger, and a washed style goes further still.