Garrotxa

Spain, Catalonia

This is from small province close to Girona, where a community of farmers using goat’s milk make this semi-hard cheese with a natural thin crust rubbed with a little oil to give its lovely grey/black and white moulds. The texture is close and crumbly with a moist sweetness and light goaty flavour. Because the animals are allowed to roam they munch away on forage including rosemary and thyme which can be detected in the taste of the cheese. Best eaten younger rather than too mature when the flavours become rather aggressive.

• Weight: Approx 1000g
• Fat: 45.0%
• Colour: White
• Rind: Natural
• Pasteurised