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Article: Goat cheese adds a lively accent to pasta, vegetables and more
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 10, 1999
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Fresh goat cheese is a taste-bud tease. Its spunky tang makes
everyday dishes taste like creations from a three-star restaurant.
Toss it with hot pasta and vegetables. Sprinkle it on pizza. Smear
it on garlic toast.
With all its shapes, sizes and flavor enhancers, goat cheese is
never humdrum. Formed into logs, pyramids and pillows. Plain or
coated with ash, spices, dried herbs or edible flowers. Perfect
discs wrapped in chestnut or grape leaves, then bundled into neat
packages with raffia. Or stuck on a straw, Popsicle-style.
Also known as chevre (pronounced shehv), the word for goat in
French, fresh goat cheese is snowy-white, moist and soft. It's
fairly mild, but has an alluring, ...