chevre
Soft goat cheese
Chevre is goat cheese, from the French word for goat.
The term typically refers to soft, tangy French-style goat cheese with a distinctive earthy flavor: a salad topped with chevre and walnuts.
The cheese ranges from fresh and spreadable to aged and firm.
Smooth and rich
- spreadableAble to be spread
- crumblyProne to fragmenting
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- softYielding to touch
chalky · dense · velvety · silken · firm · dry · moist · airy
Coagulated milk solids
- wheyLiquid from curdled dairy
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- coagulationLiquid solidifying into mass
- pasteurizationThermal pathogen elimination process
fermentation · ripening · lactic · rind · mold · bloomy · aged · fresh
Relating to goats
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- herdGrazing animals together
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- grazeFeed on growing plants
dairy · kid · nanny · billy · udder · breed · Alpine · Nubian
Sharp and lively-tasting
- earthyCoarse and unpretentious
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- acidicBelow neutral pH
- lemonyTasting of sour citrus
grassy · herbaceous · barnyard · piquant · mild · sharp · complex · nuanced
creamy
Smooth and rich
- spreadableAble to be spread
- crumblyProne to fragmenting
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
soft · chalky · dense · velvety · silken · firm · dry · moist · airy · rich
curd
Coagulated milk solids
- wheyLiquid from curdled dairy
- rennetMilk-curdling enzyme complex
- coagulationLiquid solidifying into mass
pasteurization · fermentation · ripening · lactic · rind · mold · bloomy · aged · fresh · brined
caprine
Relating to goats
graze · dairy · kid · nanny · billy · udder · breed · Alpine · Nubian · farmstead
tangy
Sharp and lively-tasting
lemony · grassy · herbaceous · barnyard · piquant · mild · sharp · complex · nuanced · mineral
fromage
Cheese, in French
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
- bistroInformal small restaurant
baguette · croissant · charcuterie · pâtisserie · Camembert · Loire · Burgundy · AOC
salad
Cold dressed vegetables
fig · arugula · crostini · tart · pizza · stuffed · crumbled · whipped · herbed · peppered
- campagnechamp, champs, culture, grange, mouton
- fresh cheesescottage cheese, cream cheese, ricotta, mozzarella, queso fresco
- goat cheesefresh goat cheese, bijou, Purple Haze
- goat productsgoat cheese, goat milk, goat meat, chevon, goat leather
- crumbly cheesesfeta, blue cheese, gorgonzola, roquefort, cotija
- Mediterranean cheesefeta, halloumi, kasseri, pecorino, manchego
chevrecow's milk cheese
Cheese from cattle
cheddar · brie · mozzarella · camembert · gruyère
chevrecream cheese
Soft spreadable dairy product
mascarpone · American cheese · brie · burrata · mild cheddar
chevreaged cheese
Ripened curd product
hard cheese · Parmigiano-Reggiano · aged cheddar · Gruyère · parmesan
- chevron patternRepeating V-shaped decorative motif