THE CHEESES OF MOASCA
The company was founded in 2010 by Dr Alessandra Vigliani when, with modernisation and various renovations, she first opened her own horse farm and shortly afterwards a small dairy with her own herd of goats of the Camosciata delle Alpi breed. Today, the group of goats has reached 150.
Goat's cheese is leaner and easier to digest than cow's cheese and does not irritate the intestines; it is also richer in active ingredients that firm the tissues and boost the metabolism. Goat's milk, along with donkey's milk, is the one most similar to mother's milk, although over time it has been 'displaced' by cow's milk.
Goat's milk cheeses are leaner and more digestible than other cheeses. Furthermore, goat's milk cheeses are better tolerated by people allergic to cow's milk proteins, who often suffer from intestinal disorders and in some cases tend to be overweight.
The processing of our products is artisanal, done by hand and with a careful eye, guided by experience. The 'secret' is the work upstream: the hygiene, cleanliness and care with which we work, starting with the goats' own feed made on the farm and using only our milk.
The competition organised by the Onaf (Organisation of Cheese Tasters) of Milan, goat cheese category, awarded the company the prize of excellence for Caciotta stagionata.
The range of dairy products is varied, from freshly milked and immediately pasteurised goat's milk, to fresh robiola, ricotta, goat's blue to 'capreggio', a very delicate goat's milk taleggio-like cheese.
Then there are yoghurts, natural and flavoured, and even ice lollies.
All strictly goat's milk based, which is light, digestible and also excellent for those with lactose problems.
Fresh Goat Robiola
Robiola Fresca is produced from raw milk without heat treatment, to be considered exclusive and inimitable, as it contains the unique aromas and scents of our reality. The paste is soft and creamy. The taste is sweet and delicately acidic, with floral aromas.
Fresh goat cheese
The curd of this cheese is left to curdle spontaneously in cloth bags for several hours. Once the desired consistency has been achieved, the mixture is sifted by hand to make it even finer and more delicate. This fresh cheese is excellent served with sweet fruit mustards or honey. Also suitable as a spread.
Goat's Blue
Semi-hard ripened goat's cheese. Made exclusively from raw milk and matured for a minimum of 2 months. Excellent to taste with red or passito wines. Recommended with grape mostarda (cugnà).
Fresh goat's ricotta
A low-fat, highly digestible dairy product. It is soft and delicate on the palate, and, thanks to the addition of 10% milk during processing, its fresh milk flavour is much loved, even by children.
Capreggio
Semi-matured goat's cheese with a soft and tender texture. Made from raw milk. Rind washed, weekly with water and salt, edible. Maturing time about 30/40 days. Sweet and bitter taste. Floral and roasted hazelnut aromas and flavours.
Caciotta Stagionata
Semi-cooked, semi-hard ripened goat's cheese. Edible rind brushed weekly. In addition to the classic version, the caciotta is produced in two variants: with mixed peppercorns and with chilli.
Primo sale
Fresh soft cheese. The simple and fast processing means that the freshness of this cheese can be tasted the same day it is made. The taste is sweet and delicate and the lactic flavour fresh.
Ruota di Moasca
Matured goat's cheese with semi-hard cooked paste. Edible rind brushed weekly. Tasty and flavoured by its 300-day ripening period, Ruota di Moasca is a cheese made during the summer months, when our goats are in full production season.
VISITS
Visit to the farm: walk through the pens of horses, hens, geese, ducks, albino donkey, piglet, Quessant dwarf sheep and peacock. Guided cheese tasting at the end.
Tasting duration 40', free of charge, free visit to the animals.
Monday-Saturday: 9:30 - 12:30 / 15:00 - 18:30
Sunday: 9:30 - 12:30
Products can be purchased and can be vacuum-packed for better transportation.
Reservation compulsory c/o Agriturismo Bastian with minimum 2 days' notice.
