A very small drum of mild, farmhouse goat’s milk cheese from the region of Chavignol and Sancerre in Berry. Sometimes mistaken for Crottin. (AOC-1976).
"Custard marrow in Créole style." Chayote, a type of gourd, stewed with chopped onions, garlic and tomatoes, served with rice.
Chayote. Custard marrow. A Central American food plant, it is a bulbous, pear-shaped gourd which grows on a vine, with pale green, ridged skin and about the size of an avocado. It is a bland vegetable, somewhat like a cucumber in flavour, with a little spice when fresh. It should be treated in the same way as vegetable marrow or aubergine (US: eggplant) and, like them, should be cooked before eating. Leaves and shoots are also edible when young.
Chèvre which comes in a variety of shapes and which have a light, straightforward flavour from Poitou.
