Goat cheese from Őrség
Őrség - like Provence in France - is a cultural and gastronomic area in the southwest of Hungary. A land of gentle hills, streams, pine forests and alder groves, peat bogs, marshlands and the beautiful meandering River Rába. There are pretty villages with traditional timber-framed, whitewashed peasant houses, thatched wooden belfries, infused with the traditional pottery. Thanks to the favorable subalpine climate Őrség is home of culinary treats like delicious cheese.
Agricultural engineer Attila Buzas has been committed to goats farming and creating extraordinary cheese for over 25 years in Magyarszombatfa located in the Őrség region. Goats are kept in a fully organic environment, under careful health supervison. The small family run farm gained the Best Hungarian Cheese Manufacturer Award in 2005. His delightful cheeses are displayed on the menus of several high rated hotels and cafés in Budapest. Attila's cheese was involved in the Hungarian chefs' menu at 2015 Bocuse d'Or Gala Dinner in Lyon.
The farm is open to visitors all year round and nobody has left with an empty stomach yet.
Cheeses from the organic farm contain no additives just unpasteurised raw goat milk, rennet, sea salt, moulds, herbs. As they are hand shaped, individual weights may vary. Store in a cool place but consume at room temperature to enjoy the full taste melting in the mouth like chocolate!
This cylindrical goats cheese speciality has an internal straw support. Besides the surface the blue mould spreads along the straw stick intensifying the spicy taste.
A truncated cone shaped slighty matured goats cheese with rubbed in herbs. Below the thin rind the dense and tasty texture becomes more creamy as time develops. After a couple of weeks the white mould interweaves the pieces of herbs. Try it with Rosé wine!
Blue and rouge moulds give this delicious goats cheese a racy flavour. The rind is edible and the cheese is perfect for a grill. Created in a classical round shape reaching 1,000 g.
Zoltán Hasznos
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zoltan@goatic.co.uk
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