Price range: £2.85 through £17.10
A creamy French goat’s cheese log with a fresh, gentle tang and delicious smoky finish. Affectionately known in our shop as ‘smoky goaty’ — and a surprisingly good converter of goat’s cheese sceptics!
If you like goat’s cheese but fancy something a little different, Smoked Chèvre Bûche is well worth a try. It takes the fresh, citrusy character of a classic French goat’s cheese log and adds a gentle smokiness that completely changes the experience.
The cheese is cold-smoked, allowing it to take on the flavour of the smoke without cooking or losing that lovely contrast between its creamy outer layer and fresher, firmer centre.
Smoking cheese originally had a practical purpose, helping to preserve food before refrigeration. These days it’s much more about flavour, and with goat’s cheese it works particularly well. The smoke softens some of those brighter, tangier flavours while adding a warm, savoury note of its own.
It’s also affectionately known in our shop as ‘smoky goaty’. Once you’ve called it that, it’s very difficult to go back.
The first thing I notice is the aroma. There’s still that familiar fresh, slightly citrusy smell of goat’s cheese, but now there’s a lovely wood smoke running through it too.
The texture changes as the cheese matures. The centre stays fresh and slightly crumbly while the cheese becomes softer and creamier towards the rind. The smoke is most noticeable around the outside, so you get slightly different flavours as you eat your way through a slice.
At first you get that bright, lactic tang of the goat’s milk, followed by the gentle smokiness. I sometimes pick up toasted nuts, hay and a little sweetness too.
What I particularly like is that the smoke doesn’t overwhelm the cheese. Instead, it seems to round everything off, making the flavour warmer and more savoury while still allowing the freshness of the goat’s milk to come through.
And the finish really does remind me of a gentle campfire — in a good way!
Jen’s note: We call this our ‘smoky goaty’ and it has converted quite a few people — including a couple of our team — who insist they don’t like goat’s cheese. There’s something about that combination of gentle tanginess, creamy texture and smoke that seems to win people over.
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Ingredients (Allergens are listed in capitals)
MILK, salt, starter cultures, vegetarian rennet, natural smoke
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