Granja dos Moinhos Goat's Milk Cheese with Seaweed

This is a goat's milk cheese with seaweed from Granja dos Moinhos, a small cheese farm in the Ribatejo, Portugal. A cheese with a sea breeze in it, and a good talking point on a board of Portuguese cheeses.

Flavour and texture

The base is a mild, slightly creamy goat's cheese with a gentle tang. Seaweed adds a savoury, lightly salty, iodine note that brings the Atlantic to mind and lifts the fresh taste of the milk.

Food pairing

Serve it with rye crackers, cucumber or a few oysters if you want to lean into the sea. It also goes well with tinned fish on toast. For wine, choose a saline white: Vinho Verde Alvarinho, an Azores white from Pico or a Colares Malvasia.

About Granja dos Moinhos

Granja dos Moinhos is a small cheese farm near Santarém, in the Ribatejo. It makes well-matured cheeses in the French chèvre tradition, with a curd that stays mild, slightly creamy and crumbly.

Good to know

• Keep refrigerated in cheese or waxed paper, and take it out 30 to 60 minutes before serving
• Portuguese goat's milk cheese with seaweed
• Ask us for a wine match at our bar in Graça