Manchego Cured. Aged 8 months. 150g

DESCRIPTION

Manchego is Spain’s most famous cheese. Produced in La Mancha in Central Spain, is made from 100% Manchega sheep’s milk.

They have a distinctive zig-zag pattern on the outer rind which is produced from moulds of esparto grass and wooden presses.

The rind encloses the whole cheese and ranges in colour from yellow to a brown-ish beige. The inside is usually firm, but can range from med to hard, and has a few small air pockets spread throughout. Underneath the inedible rind, the interior is ivory colored with few small holes.

The abundance of wild herbs on Central Spain’s grazing lands gives Manchego a special taste and aroma. Our manchego cheese  is ripening for 6 months, giving it its special features, such a superb long and exuberant flavours while the texture is firm but not dry.

Ingredients

Pasteurised Manchega sheep’s milk, rennet, salt, lactic ferments. Preservative: lysozyme (derived from egg). On the rind, Preservative: natamycin and colours: natural caramel and annatto norbixin. Rind is not edible.

Allergy advise: See ingredients in bold.

Net Weight: 150g.

Origin: La Mancha, Spain

Keep refrigerated. Once opened keep refrigerated and consume within 7 days.

NUTRITION

Typical Values per 100g

Energy    1928kJ/465kcal
Fat                                39.9g
of which saturates    28.4g
Carbohydrates              1.5g
of which sugars            0.6g
Fibre                                0g
Protein                        25.1g
Salt                                1.58g