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Manchego (Spanish: queso manchego, pronounced [ˈkeso manˈtʃeɣo]) is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed. It is aged between 60 days and 2 years. Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, often containing small, unevenly distributed air pockets.
The most famous product from Manchega sheep is the Manchego cheese made from their milk. [3] True Manchego cheese must be made from the whole milk of Manchega sheep raised in La Mancha. [3] In La Mancha, Manchego are primarily raised for dairy production, but elsewhere their use is more diversified and they may be raised for meat as well. [1]
Gazpacho manchego, as its name implies, is made in the east region of La Mancha, in Albacete and nearby areas, and is popular in other areas in the center and southwest of the country. It is a meat stew, whose main ingredients are small game animals or birds such as rabbit , hare, quail, or pigeon, and flatbread , [ 15 ] and may include garlic ...
Manchego cuisine (Manchegan cuisine or Castilian-Manchego cuisine) refers to the typical dishes and ingredients in the cuisine of the Castilla–La Mancha region of Spain. These include pisto (a vegetable stew with tomato sauce), gazpacho manchego , Manchego cheese, the white wine of La Mancha , and the red wine from Valdepeñas (DO) .
There is a huge variation in the presentation of cheeses, from the hard, dark-skinned, two-kilo Manchego to the soft, small quesitos. A list of Spanish cheeses follows, grouped by an alphabetical ordering of geographic regions.
La Mancha (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈmantʃa]) is a natural and historical region in the Spanish provinces of Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Toledo.It is a fertile plateau (610 m or 2000 ft) that stretches from the mountains of Toledo to the western spurs of the Cuenca hills, bordered to the south by the Sierra Morena and to the north by the Alcarria. [1]
Name Image Region Description Bouhezza Aurès Mountains: Bouhezza is a ripened cheese that has traditionally been prepared by the Chaouia community between March and June. It has historically been made from raw goat or sheep milk (and is also now made with cow's milk) with the addition of lben (fermented milk), salt, and additional raw milk.
Actualization of the Mancheguian flag, eliminating the Alfonso XIII coat of arms. Mancheguian regionalism (Spanish: Regionalismo manchego) is a minoritarian political current in Spain that proposes the existence of a differentiated historical region in La Mancha with its proper legal entity, against the Pancastilian thesis that considers Castile as a unique nation or region.