It's springtime on the Front Range. The woodpeckers are making a ruckus, the rivers are just starting to swell with snow melt, but most importantly the goats that are herded out here are in the middle of kidding season. What does that mean exactly? It means the goat milk is flowing! Finally the first batch this year of
fresh chevre from
Avalanche* is now available!!! This cheese is worthy of those 3 exclamation points.
It is hands down the best chevre I have
ever had the pleasure to consume. Some chevs end up with a dense clay like texture (which is not a bad thing, however). This little log of goat cheese goodness is
actually fluffy all through, with springy moisture and melts as soon as it hovers over the tongue. Amazing, right? It has the classic citrus note of a chevre but on a much subtler scale. It's creamy paste brings up notes of lightly sweet fruit preserves, cut green grass, and hint of winter alfalfa. In Englishy speak: It's damn fine cheese. Go eat some. Right. Now.
*Avalanche lets their does have some maternity time before & after they kid. Hence we don't get any fresh chevre from them during the winter months. Those long, long months where we all craves the milky delicioussss...*drool*.... But I digress. They love their animals and even elect a "
Goat of the Month" rather than an "Employee of the Month". Three cheers for excellent animal husbandry resulting in oh-so-happy animals!
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| Arroyo: March's Goat of the Month. c/o Avalanche |
