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Cabrales PDO Blue Cheese
Description
The most famous and strongest Spanish Blue Cheese, made from raw sheep’s and cows milk, plus penicillium roqueforti mould and matured in caves in the Picos de Europa, Asturias.
Ideal in salads, with honey and/or nuts, simply enjoyed with bread or even for cooking.
Pairing
This type of cheese is ideal drunk with strong wines. A sparkling wine is perfect with this too as it refreshes the mouth and eliminates any excess fatty taste.
Sensorial
Complex – soft and creamy, yet crumbly. Intense taste which suggest fermented fruit, mould and yeast, with a tangy, spicy aftertaste.
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Idiazabal Cheese
Description
Idiazabal smoked artisan raw milk cheese is a classic from the Basque Country. It is a cheese that brings us the pastures and landscapes of the mountains and valleys of the Basque Country. Slightly smoke and with floral notes. Intense aromas and taste. Is a sheep’s milk and hand made cheese that has a hard inedible outer rind.
Pairing
Goes very well with dry white wines or young red ones.
Sensorial
The flavor of Idiazabal cheese is intense with a marked “aged sheep's milk” character and some natural rennet flavor . It has a spicy tone and there must be an absence of bitterness. Its salinity is medium. After a tasting, it leaves a lingering aftertaste of its characteristic flavor.
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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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Torta Del Casar PDO
Description
Delicious and pungent cheese from Extremadura in Spain made from raw sheep’s milk and vegetable - based rennet which gives it its unusual taste. The cheese has a semi-solid lid but a soft texture at room temperatura for dipping. It won a bronze medal in the 2019 World Cheese Awards.
Great to decorate a cheese platter and goes particularly well with strong flavours such as meats, anchovies, or in sauces or on pizzas even! Very enjoyable too with breadsticks as a dip/ tapa to share, or to spread on bread.
Pairing
A cheese which combines especially well with cava or champagne.
Sensorial
Strong, pungent smell, small eyes and strong, slightly bitter taste.
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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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