Trás-os-Montes Old Terrincho PDO 3 month cured +-500g
Description
Trás-os-Montes region is also famous for its cheeses, predominantly made with sheep or goat milk and that have unique, truly distinctive characteristics and delicious flavours.
The "old" Terrincho has a mild, clean and very characteristic flavour with an intense taste notes, a semi hard consistence and a uniformly white colour inside. Is made with sheep's milk and animal rennet. Its maturation process involving the rind being smeared with a mix of Trás-os-Montes olive oil, portuguese brandy (aguardente) and hot paprika - in that lays the reason for its other name Peppery Terrincho Cheese due to its slightly peppery flavour - maturates for 90 days.
Both Terrincho and Transmontano Goat DOP cheeses are produced exclusively in Trás-os-Montes region – and only in some selected areas - where there are prime examples of the excellence of cheese-making and wonderful dairy products, not to be missed.
Semi-hard PDO Sheep Cheese from Trás-os-Montes, Terrincho Old (Velho) 3 month cured, more or less 500g
History
Terrincho cheese is PDO - Protected Designation of Origin in accordance with the standards of the European Union.
This artisanally-produced cheeses are made in Bragança district in Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro region. The dairy farmers and cheesemakers of this Churra or Terrincho sheep's breed are scattered throughout the counties of Macedo de Cavaleiro, Mirandela,Vila Flor, Moncorvo, Mogadouro, Alfândega da Fé, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Vila Nova de Foz Côa e Carrazeda de Anciães.
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