Rocamadour

Rocamadour

What it is

A lease of 1451 between the Bishop of Évreux and his tenants in Quercy fixed the tithe in these cheeses, which means it served as currency before it was ever a delicacy. It weighs about 35 grams — the whole cheese is a single mouthful.

In the kitchen

Warm it, do not cook it: two or three minutes at 180 °C on toast, until it slumps but takes no colour. Past that the fat separates and the paste goes grainy.

Goes with

Walnut Honey Lettuce Olive oil Walnut oil Apple Fig Thyme

Also used with

Périgord walnut Poire tapée

In season alongside

Chabichou du Poitou Selles-sur-Cher Borlotti bean Brocciu Butternut squash Chevrotin

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