Crottin de Chavignol vs Rocamadour
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.
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.