Picos Blue

£10.75

IN STOCK
FREE OVER £60
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DESCRIPTION

Tangy with creamy, buttery texture. Mountain blue cheese wrapped in maple leaves. A lot going on.

Milk type: Pasteurised cow's (90%) and goat's milk (10%)

Type of rennet: Traditional rennet

From: León, Castilla y León

Net weight: approx. 600g quarter, and 300g wedge.

Matured in our Cheese Rooms

The Valdeón (Picos de Europa IGP) is a pasteurised blue cheese made from a blend of cow's and goat's milk. This highly recognisable sycamore leaf wrapped cheese, has a creamy and buttery melting texture with lovely mushroomy, nutty and sometimes spicy flavours. It is delicious by itself or used to cook with.

Try our Picos Blue Soufflé recipe.

It has a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), meaning it is made to strict criteria using high quality ingredients. 

INGREDIENTS Pasteurised cow's MILK (80% min.), pasteurised goat's MILK (10% min.), salt, lactic cultures, calcium chloride, rennet, Penicilium roqueforti. Made in Spain using Spanish milk. STORAGE & CARE Keep refrigerated between 2 and 6°C. This cheese is cut to order and will last approximately 10 days from the date the order is dispatched.
Nutrition - Per 100g
Energy 1600/386 kJ/kcal
Fat 31.2g
   of which saturates 21.9g
Carbohydrate 3.0g
   of which sugars <0.5g
Protein 23.2g
Fibre 0g
Salt 3g
* Typical values per 100g

STANDARD DELIVERY

Our standard delivery charge to Mainland UK postcodes is £4.50, excluding the Scottish Highlands and Northern Ireland. Orders received before 11:00 am can be despatched for delivery on the next working day, at an unspecified time between 8am and 6pm. Orders received after 11:00 am will be despatched on the next available delivery day after that unless a later date has been selected. We do not deliver Saturday to Monday, so orders received after 11:00 am on Thursdays cannot be despatched until after the weekend for delivery on the following Tuesday at the earliest.

In the checkout process you can select the day that you would like the order to be delivered from the
list of options (Tuesday to Friday). Orders can be placed up to 30 days in advance, or 60 during the Black Friday and Christmas period. You can also choose to designate a ’safe’ place (at your own risk) should no-one be at home to accept delivery. However, we cannot specify delivery times or request telephone calls from the driver.

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, NORTHERN IRELAND AND OFF MAINLAND UK

We are currently unable to ship to Northern Ireland due to Brexit restrictions affecting our courier service.

For all postcodes included in the area designated by our third party courier as being within the Scottish Highlands our delivery charge is £14.95. Please remember that this is generally a 48-hour service and in some cases delivery can take up to 3 days after the delivery date selected online. For this reason it is advisable to consult a member of our sales team before placing the order. We offer free delivery to the
Scottish Highlands and Off Mainland UK on all orders over £100.

JERSEY & GUERNSEY

For all deliveries to Jersey & Guernsey, please place your orders with our agents, Fungi Delecti. Please note, we cannot ship directly. Orders received for these islands will not be dispatched & will be refunded. Orders placed with Fungi Delecti are usually delivered to Jersey addresses within 1-2 days, and Guernsey addresses once per week.”