Manchego cheese
La Mancha product
Manchego cheese is a firm Spanish cheese made from the milk of Manchega sheep, named for the La Mancha region where it originated.
It has a distinctive herringbone rind pattern and ranges from mild and creamy when young to intensely nutty and slightly crumbly when aged: aged Manchego with membrillo and almonds.
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- tapasSpanish appetizer assortment
- cave-agedMatured in underground chambers
- nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
firm · sheep · aging · Toledo · curing · herringbone · rennet · Don Quixote · wheel · aged · wedge · rind · crumbly · regional identity · wine pairing · cured · smooth · ewes
- Albacete
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Firm aged English cheese
mozzarella · American cheese · buffalo mozzarella · cow's milk cheese · Swiss cheese
Manchego cheeseCamembert
Normandy commune, cheese origin
fresh mozzarella · burrata · cream cheese · cottage cheese · ricotta