Manchego cheese 1 pound
- Not a whole wheel (1 pound). The Manchego is produced in the La Mancha region of Spain, which is also home to Don Quixote..
- It is one of the popular cheeses from Spain, made from sheep's milk. It also comes under the PDO guidelines.
- The traditional use of grass moulds leaves a distinctive, characteristic zigzag pattern on the Manchego cheese. Authentic Manchego is only made from the Manchego sheep's milk.
- Manchego cheeses are best paired with a sherry. Cheeses similar to Manchego are called 'Machego like cheeses', but the producers cannot legally name the cheese as Manchego.
- This celebrated cheese has won gold and silver award at the 2014 World Cheese Awards.