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82 - Valdeón

Posada de Valdeón, Leon.

The European Commission has aproved the new Protected Geographic Denomination Queso de Valdeón. It's a fatty, pasty blue cheese, made with cow's milk or a mix of cow and goat's milk. In can be found as a whole cheese or as a creamy shake. It is produce in the Picos de Europa area, particularly in the village of Posada de Valdeón (northeast of the Leon province, just south of Asturias).

It's a rich and creamy cheese, milder that orher blues from the area, with an excellent sweetness and tang and a nice earthiness at the ending. It's usually presented wrapped in chestnut leaves. It is a popular cheese, often used in salads or salad dressings.

83 - L'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya

L'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya, Lleida

Cheese elaborated with pasteurized whole milk fron frisona cows. Soft and creamy texture, sweet and fulfilling aroma. Soft but full flavor nice and with character. Elaborated in the towships of L'Alt Urgell and la Cerdanya, in the eastern Pyrenees.

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