Pélardon
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Pélardon (), formerly called paraldon, pélardou and also péraudou, is a French cheese from the Cévennes range of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It is a traditional cheese made from goat's milk. It is round soft-ripened cheese covered in a white mold (à pâte molle à croûte fleurie) weighing approximately 60 grams, with a diameter of 60–70 mm and a height of 22–27 mm. Pélardon has benefited from ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) status since August 2000.
Key facts
- Cheese.name
- Pélardon
- Cheese.image
- 180px
- Cheese.othernames
- paraldon, pélardou, péraudou
- Cheese.country
- France
- Cheese.region
- Cévennes range, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Cheese.source
- Goats
- Cheese.dimensions
- 60-70 mm (diameter) x 22-27 mm (height)
- Cheese.weight
- 60 grams
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- 950000
- Image
- Pélardon 02.jpg
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Pélardon (), formerly called paraldon, pélardou and also péraudou, is a French cheese from the Cévennes range of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It is a traditional cheese made from goat's milk. It is round soft-ripened cheese covered in a white mold (à pâte molle à croûte fleurie) weighing approximately 60 grams, with a diameter of 60–70 mm and a height of 22–27 mm. Pélardon has benefited from ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) status since August 2000.
==See also== List of goat milk cheeses