Manchego Cheese Whole Wheel - Approx 2 Lbs

At Dao Gourmet Foods, we believe every meal should celebrate taste, tradition, and quality. That's why we work closely with local farmers, artisans, and producers to source only the finest ingredients and bring the best of the world's cuisine to your table.

Our passion for premium and authentic cuisine started with our love for traditional Spanish dishes. We saw a gap in the market for high-quality cured meats and sought to bring the best of Spanish cuisine to the world. We are proud to offer our customers the opportunity to taste the best Spanish cuisine with our range of premium cured meats, including Jamon Iberico de Bellota.

Whether for special occasions or everyday meals, we aim to bring a touch of sophistication and luxury to your table. Discover the traceable origins of every Iberico ham, from farm to plate. Manchego cheese is a Spanish classic with rich, nutty flavor and creamy texture. The best is made traditionally and aged for intense flavor. A cheese board is the ultimate way to display gourmet cheeses. Pair with fruits, nuts, crackers, and wine for a sophisticated spread.

Manchego sheep's milk cheese is the most popular in Spain without any doubt. It comes from La Mancha region, Don Quixote's land, and it is made from indigenous sheep's milk. This young and mild Manchego cheese is aged for 3 months, creating a flavorful and creamy cheese perfect to combine with grapes, quince jelly, or nuts. In fact, it is quite common in Spain to serve it as a dessert. The classic way is cutting it in triangular wafers. Remember to keep it in the refrigerator for longer conservation. Wrap it in plastic film or use a cloth soaked in olive oil to cover it, as the traditional way.

Manchego is a DO, name-controlled cheese, which can be made only from the milk of the Manchega sheep. They graze in the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Toledo, all of which form the region of La Mancha. The best cheese is produced when the milk is the richest, between August and December. The pattern on the rind honors a time when the cheese was wrapped in sheets of woven esparto grass.

Mahon cheese is also a name-controlled cheese, DO cow's milk cheese from the island of Menorca, Balearic Islands. Pale yellow in color with numerous eyes and rounded edges, this four-month-aged cheese has a characteristic orange rind. Creamy with a nutty finish, Mahon cheese is versatile in the kitchen: you could use it as a splendid sandwich cheese or prepare something more sophisticated. It has been made since Roman times. The milk is thermalized, not pasteurized or raw's milk. Someone once asked how the cows came to be on Menorca, and we were told by the producer that they swam there! Funny how an island small in size is such a big cheese producer. Mahon is very popular in Spain and in the UK. And guess what? It matches great with a cold beer. It becomes a hard cheese with aging.

If you want to pair it with wine, Spanish fruity reds like Rioja or Ribera go perfectly well. Aged Mahon develops a more sharp and tangy intensity and it can easily compete with most famous Gruyère or Gouda.

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