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250g
Marantona aged Manchego cheese is a high-quality product with Denomination of Origin Manchego. It is the most awarded brand in Castilla la Mancha, made in La Solana, Ciudad Real. Made with 100% sheep's milk from the Manchega breed, aged for a minimum of 8 months and a maximum of 12 months. It has a hard rind, pale yellow to greenish black in color, and a firm compact paste with a variable color from white to yellowish ivory. It has a slightly acidic taste. Marantona aged Manchego cheese is a semi-cured cheese. Very balanced and smooth. Made in Spain Gourmet always guarantees the best of Spanish gastronomy.
Artisan Manchego Cheese with Designation of Origin, made with milk from Manchego sheep Designation of Origin La Mancha.
Its rind is hard and pale yellow to greenish black, with a firm compact paste with a color ranging from white to yellowish ivory. It has a slightly acidic flavor. The semi-cured Marantona cheese is a medium-aged cheese. It undergoes a minimum maturation of 8 months and a maximum of 12 months.
Its paste is firm, compact, and with excellent density. Its texture is slightly flaky, a sign of its magnificent aging.
Pleasant taste, intense but smooth. With a peculiar and persistent aftertaste where its magnificent characteristics come together and remain.
The Manchego Cheese with Designation of Origin must be firm and dry, although buttery and creamy, made exclusively with milk from Manchego sheep.
It is perhaps one of the best Manchego cheeses in the world made from raw sheep's milk, it has received many awards over the years, thus recognizing its great quality.
Ingredients: Manchego sheep's milk, anti-butyric salts, rennet, and salt.
Allergens: Milk as the only raw material in the cheese manufacturing process.
Nutritional Value per 100g
Weight: 250g
Presented in a box
Expiration date: 9 months
Protected Designation of Origin (D.O.P): Manchego
All Manchego cheese is identified on one of its flat faces with a numbered and serialized casein plate.
Storage:
The ideal temperature for storing cheese would be 8 - 10 ºC. If we want to stop the development of the cheese and the molds on the natural rind, the temperature should be 4ºC. The preferred consumption date is a minimum of 8 months, although the expiration is set for 12 months.
Producer: Quesos La Casota
Origin: La Solana, Ciudad Real.
Paring:
For Made in Spain Gourmet, it is a cheese that pairs perfectly with extra virgin olive oil. It can also be paired with honey or jams.
Protected Designation of Origin Manchego
In Regulation (EC) 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, it is defined as: "A name that identifies a product:
Originating from a specific place, region or, exceptionally, a country,
Whose quality or characteristics are due, fundamentally or exclusively, to a particular geographical environment, with the natural and human factors inherent to it, and
Whose production phases take place entirely in the defined geographical area.
The Manchego sheep are grazed throughout the year, taking advantage of the natural resources of the La Mancha area, although their diet is supplemented with concentrates and other byproducts in times of higher nutritional demands (gestation, lactation, etc.). They are grouped into flocks ranging from 100 to 600 heads, depending on the size of the farm, although flocks of up to 2,000 animals can be found.
There are two varieties of Manchego sheep, according to their coat: one white, with depigmented mucous membranes - which is the most numerous - and another black, with light spots on the head and distal parts of their anatomy. However, the variety does not establish