Garrotxa

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Garrotxa is a pasteurized goat's milk cheese from Catalonia in northeastern Spain, named for the volcanic Garrotxa region in the Pyrenean foothills. The recipe was nearly lost in t he mid-20th century and revived in the 1980s by a group of young Catalan cheesemakers, and it's become one of the defining modern Spanish goat cheeses. The wheels are pressed and aged about two months, long enough to develop a gray-blue natural mold rind and a firm, ivory paste underneath. The texture is semi-hard but still pliable, slicing clean and breaking with a slight give. On the palate it leads with a gentle goaty tang, then opens into hazelnut and walnut through the middle, with a quiet herbal note from the rind and a whisper of white pepper on the finish. What makes Garrotxa worth reaching for is the balance. It's a goat cheese for people who think they don't like goat cheese, and it's a nutty cheese that still tastes like the animal it came from. Right in the sweet spot. Show more