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Cathare
goat’s cheese from Languedoc
This mild cheese made from raw goat’s milk, shaped into discs and sprinkled with charcoal dust, is marked by the stencil of the 12-point Cross of Occitanie. This was originally the symbol of the Counts of Toulouse who tolerated the Cathar heretics in their realm and brought down the greed and wrath of the King of France and the Pope in the Albigensian Crusade in 1209.
It’s made in Saint Félix de Lauragais at the Ferme de Cabriole, where visitors are welcome.
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by Paul Munhoven