Manchego
Ovis aries · Cheese
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Spain's most famous cheese, a firm sheep's-milk wheel from the dry plains of La Mancha. Young, it is nutty, buttery and tangy; aged, it turns piquant, dry and crunchy with crystals. The rind is stamped with a zigzag.
Picking a good onedrag
Firm, nutty, clean cutSweating, cracked, rancid
Wrapped wedgeEveryday best'Artesano' labels mean raw milk. Pregnant, over 65 or low immunity? Eat raw-milk cheese only steaming hot.
The cut faceThe open face a shade duller
The rindDull or scuffed, cheese still tight
Smell at the cutTrue to its age, a bit quieter