Goats, wind and the Majorero cheese

Antigua, Fuerteventura//Products/7 min read

Nayra and Echedey milk at six and the wind decides the rest.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
Antigua, Fuerteventura.

Draft. This story will spend a day at Majada de Antigua, from the first milking to the cheese room.

Puntagorda, La Palma.

It will explain what the PDO asks for and why the rind is rubbed with paprika or gofio.

Red mojo from La Palma, Mojo de Candelaria. Puntagorda, La Palma.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Canary Islands

Fuerteventura is dry, windy and wide open, with lava fields, dunes and long beaches. Around Antigua, Majorera goats graze on almost nothing and give the milk for Majorero cheese.

Things to love about Fuerteventura

  • Lava fields and wide, empty landscapes
  • Majorera goats heading out at dawn
  • The waves of El Cotillo in the north
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Red mojo from La Palma

Red mojo from La Palma

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Majorero PDO goat's cheese

Majorero PDO goat's cheese

Antigua, Fuerteventura
€15.00

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