Milk type: raw ewes' milk
From: Cáceres, Extremadura
Net weight: approx. 130g per unit
Winner: Best Spanish Cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2017
There is a tradition in South West Spain, and over the border in Portugal, of making ewes' milk cheeses called “torta” using thistle rennet, resulting in full flavoured cheeses with a soft, sometimes liquid interior.
Vegetarian.
Finca Pascualete
Nutrition - | Per 100g |
---|---|
Energy | 1646kJ / 350kcal |
Fat | 29.83g |
of which saturates | 19.83g |
Carbohydrate | 11g |
of which sugars | 0.25g |
Protein | 9.42g |
Fibre | 3.8g |
Salt | 1.72g |
* Typical values per 100g |
This modern dairy, established in 2010 was set-up by a family that has owned the land since the early 13th century. With their own flocks, grazing their own lands and a modern, technologically advanced cheese making facility the dairy is an exemplar of the virtues of a combining tradition and modernity.
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