Goat's milk cheese

Goat's milk cheese

Goat's milk cheese, goat cheese or chèvre (French for "goat") is cheese made from goat milk. In regions where domesticated goats are kept, many kinds of goat's milk cheeses are produced.

Although cow's milk and goat's milk have similar overall fat contents, the higher proportion of medium-chain fatty acids such as caproic, caprylic and capric acid in goat's milk contributes to the characteristic tart flavor of goat's milk cheese. (These fatty acids take their name from the Latin for goat, "capra".) [ [http://chemicalland21.com/industrialchem/organic/CAPRIC%20ACID.htm "Capric acid," Chemical LAND21.com.] Accessed 26 June 2008.]

When chèvre is served hot, it is known as chèvre chaud.

List of goat's milk cheeses by country

France

France and other countries produce a great number of goat's milk cheeses, especially in the Loire Valley and Poitou, where goats are said to have been brought by the Moors in the 8th century. [ [http://www.impressionsonline.fr/Articles/goat.html "Get your goat you've pulled...", FRANCE SUCKS - THE UK IS BETTER"Impressions Magazine", n.d.] Accessed 26 June 2008.] Examples of French Chèvres include Bucheron, Chabis, Crottin de Chavignol (largest produced goat cheese AOC), Pélardon, Picodon, Pouligny Saint-Pierre, Rocamadour, Sainte-Maure de Touraine, Chabichou du Poitou, Valençay, and Pyramide.

pain and Portugal

* Mató is a Catalan fresh cheese made from cow's or goat's milk.
* Castelo Branco is a Portuguese goat's milk cheese.

United Kingdom

* Pantysgawn is a Welsh goat's milk cheese, and gevrik is a Cornish goat's milk cheese (literally meaning 'little goat'). [ [http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/gevrikcheese "Gevrik Cheese," practicallyedible.com.] Accessed 26 June 2008.]

Greece

* Greek halloumi, feta, mizithra and anthotyros are traditionally made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk. In Greece, goat cheese has a very long history; in the "Odyssey", Homer refers to a woman stirring wine with goat cheese to reduce the acidity of the wine.

Norway

* Brunost, which literally means "brown cheese", is made in Norway. It is often sold in the USA under the name Gjetost (goat cheese).

Italy

* Caprino is an Italian goat's milk cheese.

China

* Rubing is a fresh goat cheese from Yunnan Province, resembling the Indian paneer.

References

External links

* [http://drinc.ucdavis.edu/goatdairy.htm Goat Dairy Foods] from the University of California, Davis Dairy Research and Information Center
* [http://www.sheepmilk.biz/sheepmilk.html Article comparing sheep's milk to cow's milk and goat's milk]
* [http://www.la-chevre.fr/public/index.php "La Chèvre"] : dairy goat journal fr icon
* [http://www.dairyforall.com/goatmilk.php Goat Milk - Composition, physico-chemical and medicinal properties]
* [http://fromagedumois.org/2008/03/old-time-chevre.html Traditional chevre, from France] : A write-up on the "Loire River Valley" region in France and the quality of its chèvre


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