A wide range of dairy products, such as cheeses, yoghurts, cottage cheese and recuit, made from cow’s, sheep’s, goat’s and, more recently, buffalo’s milk, are produced in the Empordà.
It used to be made exclusively from sheep’s milk, but nowadays pasteurised cow’s or goat’s milk is also used. It is called recuit (literally, recooked) because it is boiled twice before rennet is added. It is a milky white product with a soft, gelatinous texture and a very mild flavour. It is usually eaten as a dessert, accompanied by honey, sugar or dried figs. A variant is recuit de drap, which is presented wrapped in a cloth so that the excess liquid drains away.