This is very exciting, we are about to go on a tour of Spanish cheeses. I managed to get ahold of some Manchego, Iberico and some Murcia al Vino. Today, I am going to talk about one of Spain’s most popular cheeses, a hard sheep’s milk cheese called Manchego.
Tag: Sheep’s Milk
Croatian sensation: Paški Sir
This Paški Sir, which I obtained from Gligora Dairy (Kolan, Island of Pag, Croatia), is probably the most famous cheese to come out of Croatia. Because this particular cheese originates from the Island of Pag, it is not surprising to find out that its name literally translates to mean, “Cheese from the Island of Pag.” […]
Cappelletta
Cappelletta is a tre latte (three milk) mixed-milk cheese. You got it: buy one get two free! Believe it or not, it’s an unpressed robiola from the famous Piedmont region of Italy. The Piedmont region, which includes a total of eight provinces (Torino, Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria, Vercelli, Biella, Novara, and Verbanio-Cusio-Ossola), is home to many […]
Cacio de Roma
Cacio de Roma (literally, “cheese of Rome”) is a semi-firm textured cheese from Lazio, Italy. It is made with pasteurized sheep’s milk. It’s quite mild in flavor, similar to Manchego, with a firm texture that is pliable instead of dry. I really think it tastes somewhere in between a provolone and a parmesan. There definitely is very little […]
Bonrus
Bonrus is a mixed-milk cheese, made from pasteurized cow and sheep’s milk. It is a bloomy-rind cheese, aged for 21 days before packing and shipping. It comes in ovals and bricks, each weighing about 8 oz. The cheese itself is straw colored, with some reddish notes on the rind. The surface of the cheese is […]
Cravanzina
Cravanzina is a mixed-milk cheese, made from a combination of pasteurized cow’s and sheep’s milk. A delicate and lovely little round from the Italian Piedmonts; in the “paglia” family of cheeses, so named because they are aged on beds of straw (paglia = straw). Covered with a bloomy rind, the voluptuous paste is mild, creamy, […]
La Tur
La Tur is an Italian bloomy rind cheese. Pasteurized goat, sheep and cow milk combination cheese. Being an unholy mix of different animal milk, naturally it smells quite foul—but not at all by goat cheese standards. The rind is soft and buttery; it is similar to Boucheron cheese, in that the rind is soft and […]
Robiola Bosina
Robiola Bosina: this one is from Bosina, Italy. This cheese is also called robiola a due latti as it is a cow’s milk and sheep’s milk combination. The type of cheese is called bloomy rind, like e.g. brie and camembert. The milk combination works pretty well—it’s not overwhelmingly sour sheep’s milk flavor. Soft cheese with […]