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Aged mahon PDO “Mercadal”
Description
Square cheese from Menorca made from pasteurised cow’s milk and aged to form a buttery firm texture. Miniature sold with its lid pre-cut and including special knife to make a great aperitif. A versatile, delicious PDO cheese which can be consumed in flakes or sliced.
Ideal above as an aperitif (with crisp white wine or cava) or with salads, carpaccio, pasta, risottos or for cooking in a sauce. Makes a more buttery and economical alternative to parmesan. Also fabulous sliced on a cheese table. Figs and grapes accompany particularly well.
Pairing
This cheese goes fabulous with crisp white or rosé wines.
Sensorial
Firm, hard and flaky texture. Intense aroma reminiscent of butter, leather and wood.
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Manchego Cheese PDO
Description
Manchego is produced from sheep’s milk and comes from the La Mancha region, which is also the home of Don Quixote. It is made from pasteurised sheep's milk and is one of the most popular cheeses Spain.
There are three main varieties – semi-cured, cured and Viejo(aged)
Semi Cured, aged for 3 months and has a buttery texture and milk fruity flavour. Perfect to use in sauces, for cheese boards and croquettes. Comes in rounds between 3-3.5kg.
Cured, is aged for 6 months has a crumbly texture and rounded flavour. This cheese can be used for cheese boards, pintxos or shaved and grated as a replacement for the popular pecorino or parmigiano. Wheels come between 2.6 to 3kg.
Viejo is aged for 9 months, it is firm, more intense and crumbly in texture with a lingering palet. Fantastic combination with quince paste in desserts and also with pintxos de Jamon or other fine-cured meats. Wheels come between 2.8-3.2kg.
Pairing
Great accompanied by a dry or semi-dry fruity white wine or a smooth red wine.
Sensorial
Firm and compact cheese with small eyes. Slightly yellow colour and slightly acidic lactic aroma. Taste slightly acidic and medium to strong according to if semi matured or matured.
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Semi-mature Mahon Cheese Mercadal
Description
Mahon is a semi cured cow's milk cheese aged for 3 months and is also known as Queso Mahón-Menorca, (because of its origin), it represents the excellence in Menorcan cheese from Balearic island. It is full flavoured with a creamy lactose note that fills your mouth with the sweetness of milk. It is great in cooking sandwiches or pizzas. It comes as a pressed cheese paste, with parallelepiped shape with rounded edges. Combining sobrasada (a fermented chorizo) with melted mahon is an excellent match with toast or in a crunchy roll.
Pairing
This cheese goes fabulous with dry white or rosé wines.
Sensorial
Firm texture, easy to cut. Of medium-intense aroma reminiscent of fresh milk and butter. Mild taste which can be reminiscent of yogurt, caramel and olive oil.
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Garrotxa Cheese
Description
Artesanal Cheese from Catalonia made from pasteurised goats cheese. Accompany with bread and olive oil, fruit or jams. Perfect with salads.
Pairing
A cheese which combines especially well with a crisp, cask-aged white wine or a young red wine.
Sensorial
Firm but elastic textured cheese without holes which becomes soft and velvety in the mouth. Creamy taste with notes of the forest in the Autumn.
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Iberico Cheese (2 crowns)
Description
Iberico Semicured Cheese is a truly authentic European cheese. Made from a unique mixture of cow, goat and sheep milk, it’s been aged for 3 months to create a semi-hard cheese that tastes great with omelets, salads, pastas, potatoes and rice.
Pairing
Great accompanied by a dry or semi-dry fruity white wine or a smooth red wine.
Sensorial
Firm and compact cheese with small eyes. Slightly yellow colour and slightly acidic lactic aroma. Taste medium to strong according to if semi matured or matured.
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