Garrotxa cheese
Encyclopedia
Garrotxa is a pressed cheese
made from unpasteurized goat
's milk
. It was originally produced only in the Garrotxa
area of Catalonia
. It has a firm but creamy white interior, with a natural grey mold rind. Garrotxa is typically produced in small wheels weighing one kilo and measuring approximately 18 centimeters in diameter.
episode Greased Lightning, the Mythbusters found that Garrotxa is an ideal cheese for use as a cannonball, due to its firmness and elasticity.
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
made from unpasteurized goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
's milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
. It was originally produced only in the Garrotxa
Garrotxa
Garrotxa is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2001 was 47,747, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot. It is roughly equivalent to the historical comarca of Besalú.-Geography:...
area of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
. It has a firm but creamy white interior, with a natural grey mold rind. Garrotxa is typically produced in small wheels weighing one kilo and measuring approximately 18 centimeters in diameter.
In popular culture
In the MythbustersMythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...
episode Greased Lightning, the Mythbusters found that Garrotxa is an ideal cheese for use as a cannonball, due to its firmness and elasticity.