• Crottin de Pays | 60g
  • Crottin de Pays | 60g
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Crottin de Pays | 60g

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Raw goat's Milk
Goat button Style
Deux-Sèvres Region
Medium Flavour
Strength Aromatic
Texture Supple
Aroma Noticeable
Milk Raw goat's · Animal rennet
Flavour Fresh, tangy, lightly nutty
Description

A small goat's cheese from Deux-Sèvres. Raw goat's milk, shaped into a button 4.5 cm across.

Melting when young. As it dries, it firms up and the flavour grows more pronounced. One cheese is one serving.

  • Origin: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  • Raw goat's milk
  • 60g, whole
  • Chilled
Serving & pairing

Out of the fridge
45 minutes before serving.

To serve
One each, whole. Or split and grilled on toast.

To drink
A Sancerre or another dry Loire white.

Goes with
A thread of Early Harvest olive oil over a split crottin. After a Segovian suckling pig.
Ingredients

Unpasteurised goat's MILK (97.2%), lactic ferments (1.8%), salt (0.8%), animal rennet (0.2%).
Allergens: MILK.
Nutritional Information
Typical values Per 100g
Energy 1,370 kJ / 330 kcal
Fat 27 g
of which saturated 18.2 g
Carbohydrate 1.01 g
of which sugars 1.01 g
Fibre —
Protein 20.8 g
Salt 0.8 g
Storage

Keep refrigerated
Keep in waxed or greaseproof paper in the salad drawer. Take out of the fridge 45 minutes before serving. Eat by the date on the pack.
FAQs
What does “crottin” mean?

The name is usually traced to the small clay oil lamps once used in the Loire, which the old moulds resembled. Today it means a small, round goat’s cheese.

How much should I allow per person?

One cheese is one serving. Take it out of the fridge 45 minutes before serving and serve it whole.

What should I drink with it?

A Sancerre or another dry Loire white. For an alcohol-free match, Saicho Jasmine Sparkling Tea. Its florals lift the fresh tang of the goat's milk, and the bubbles clear the palate.

Can I bake it whole?

Yes. Bake it on a slice of toast at 180°C for 8 to 10 minutes, until it softens and just starts to colour.
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Crottin de Pays | 60g
Crottin de Pays | 60g

  • Goat Country of Poitou, France

Poitou is the heart of French goat farming. When disease destroyed the region's vineyards in the late nineteenth century, many farmers turned to goats instead. The goats thrived on the poor, chalky soils, and the region became France's leading producer of goat's milk.

Goat's cheese has been a daily food here ever since: small, fresh, and eaten at every stage of ripeness. The Chabichou du Poitou was born in the same country. The Crottin de Pays belongs to that tradition, a small round cheese from the land of the goat.