Queijos de leite de cabra artesanais: a produção da fazenda Bela Vista - São Raimundo Nonato - Piauí

Abstract

This research aims to present the goat's milk cheese production process at Fazenda Bela Vista located in São Raimundo Nonato / PI. In order to understand this theme, theorists present information about the arrival of goats in Brazil, as well as their domestication, which resulted in obtaining milk, meat and skin. In the region of São Raimundo Nonato-PI, many of the breeders use goats almost exclusively for marketing, destined for slaughter, not using other derivatives such as milk, which consequently results in other products such as cheese. Based on this concern, this paper presents the goat's milk cheese production process at Fazenda Bela Vista, as well as their harmonization with some beverages. For the structuring and development of this research, bibliographical researches were carried out on the proposed theme, which provided the mainstay of the research, in the dialogue with the practice and making of cheese in Brazil. Field research was also carried out, allowing the description and analysis of the cheese on the Bela Vista farm where the entire production process was inventoried.