Heavily perfumed with the scent of woody herbs and goat-filled barnyards, Le Saint-Christophe is not for the faint of heart!
This is a bold cheese.
It looks innocent enough - a nice, soft white rind wrapped around a creamy, melting interior - mais attention, looks can be deceiving! One taste and your senses are hit with a blast of tantalizing, spicy and seductive flavors.
I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.
If you love assertive, intensely flavored goat's cheese, this is one that you must try.
Le Saint-Christophe is an unpasteurized goat's milk cheese, produced and matured on a farm near the small town of St-Christophe Vallon, in the Aveyron.
A glass of crisp Sauvignon Blanc or Sancerre would be a good match to this cheese's robust flavors.
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Sometimes it is torture to look at pictures of cheese that I know I won't be able to eat until July.
Imagine, a crisp glass of wine, a crusty baguette and the cheese!!!!
Can't wait! I have been taking notes and will hit "fromageries" in France. I will eat my way through France this summer.
So the worst the smell of the cheese, the better it tastes? Is that the general rule?
Yummmmmm. chhhheeesse.
I am drooling all over the keyboard.
This is one of T's clients. They stock it at our local grocery store. Where did you find it?
Nadège
You are going to have a very cheese-filled trip this summer!
Isn't the combination of vin, pain et fromage the best?
parlezvouskiwi
Sometimes...
:)
But not always.
spacedlaw
We should do a cheese exchange some time. Some of the Italian cheeses you try look amazing.
Betty
I bought it in Béziers, with you! At the second fromagerie that we went to in les Halles.
have you ever tried it?
Hmmm, I kind of remember that now that you mention it, but it didn't spring to mind when I saw the cheese. It also seemed like too long of a time ago. Anyway, yes, I have eaten that cheese many times! I think the producers are quite the entrepreneurs and have worked hard to get their product "out there."
It seems like a long time ago that you were here...
when are you coming back? :)
Yes, it does seem like a long time. I rather doubt I would come back before the summer, then I go to the USA...you are always welcome to come up here, though. I just bought some great cheese in Rodez!
Betty
Maybe in the autumn I can take a ride up there? It would be great to see the area. And taste some cheese, of course. :)
Oh of course, the fall is often a lovely time here. We'll keep in touch regardless, across the many wires!
Betty
Absolutely! I look forward to much more time spent together. Here or there.
Please keep in touch and be patient with my delay in answering emails. I can be a bit tardy sometimes.
Oh, who isn't? Email, Facebook, blogging, Twitter...I don't know where to set my priorities. It's all so fun, hehe!
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