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PACKSIZE | 6/9 OZ |
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Crescendo: This specialty cheese is our version of Stracchino di Crescenza. The Northern Italian recipe yields authentic tangy flavor with soft creamy texture. We make it in small batches by hand, so there’s limited quantity. We’ve won a few blue ribbons with this gorgeous rindless cheese.
Elaborated with raw sheep milk, Idiaza¡bal is a robust and sharp cheese, and usually ripened for a long period (at least 60 days). Its paste is delightful and chewy. The P.D.O. Idiazabal bheese is elaborated in the Basque Country and Navarre, from raw milk of the `Lacha` and `Carranzana` sheep´s varieties, natural rennet, and a minimum ripering of 2 months.
This Manchego is aged for 12 months, and is a semi-firm cheese with a rich golden color and small holes. It ranges from mild to sharp, depending on how long it is aged.
Cana de Cabra is a soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat`s milk, in Murcia, Spain. This cheese is similar to the French Bucheron. This creamy, buttery, mild and delicious cheese has a bloomy rind with semi-soft texture. Cana de Cabra is aged for 21 days, as it ages, the flavour intensifies. It pairs well with white wine, almonds and fig spread.
Fourth generation cheesemaker Javier and his wife make this teardrop shaped cheese in their home in Lugo, Galicia, which also doubles as a cheese plant. It’s a tiny operation with only 4 employes, and the care with which this award-winning cheese is made shows. Javier waits until the end of the process to smoke the cheese with birch wood for up to 90 minutes. It develops a lovely caramel colored exterior, a golden interior with tiny eyes and a subtle smoked flavor. Javier says the aroma reminds his customers of a time gone by, when their food was cooked over a wood-fired flame. We couldn’t agree more.
2nd PLACE SOFT RIPENED – AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY AWARDS 2023
A lightly stiff center when young, complimented by a buzz of tartness. As the cheese ripens, the pate develops a creamier flavor and texture. A hint of sweetness compliments a bit of hum in the finish. At 7-8 weeks, the cheese is fully ripe, soft and gooey, a definitive line shows off the soft edible rind. A murmur of sweetness balances the complex cheese.