Guide to the
Cheeses from Spain
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10 - Manchego (D.O.)


La Mancha

Aged cheese, semi-cured to cured, made exclusively with raw or pasteurized sheep´s milk.
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  • 11 - Tetilla (D.O.)


    Galicia
    Also Called Queso de Perilla, or Queso de Teta, Queso de Teta de Vaca or Queso Gallego de Teta. Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made with cow´s milk.
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  • 12 - Arzúa


    La Coruña y Lugo
    Also called Queso de Ulloa, de Ulla, de Patela, or Queixo do País or Queso Gallego. Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk.
    13 - San Simón


    Villalba
    Lugo
    Also Known as Queso de San Simón de la Cuesta. The smaller sized cheeses are called Bufones (dunce caps). Aged, from soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk and smoked superficially.
    14 - Cebreiro


    Puertos del Cebreiro
    Lugo
    Also called Queso Cebrero. Aged cheese, from soft to cured, made mainly from cow´s milk.
    15 - Genestoso


    Genestoso
    Asturias
    Or Queso Xenestoso. Aged cheese, from soft to semi-cured, made mainly from cow´s milk
    16 -Afuega´l Pitu


    Cuencas del Nalón y del Narcea
    Asturias
    Fresh or aged cheese, soft to semi-cured, made from cow´s milk.
    17 - La Peral


    La Peral

    Asturias
    Also Queso Azul Asturiano. (Asturian Blue Cheese) Aged cheese, from semi-cured to cured, made from whole pasteurized cow´s milk
    18 - Urbies


    Urbies
    Aturias
    Also called Queso de Vejiga, Queso de Odre, Queso de Madera, Queso de la Fuente o Queso Picón de Urbiés. Fermented and aged cheese, made from cow´s milk.

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