Goat cheese
Capra hircus (milk) · Cheese
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Cheese made from goat's milk, called chèvre in French. It runs from soft, spreadable fresh logs to firm aged rounds and ash-coated forms. Almost always bright white, it has a clean tang and a distinctive "goaty" note.
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Bright white, moist, clean lactic tangStray mould, off-colour, yeasty or musty
In dateEveryday bestPregnant, over 65 or low immunity? Heat raw-milk or white-rinded ones till steaming.
Surface and colourStill white, just starting to dry
Press or spread itA shade firmer, still spreads
Smell on openingTangier, a bit more goaty