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PDO Sheep's Cheese
5,10 €
Made to order · Ships in about 1 week
Small‑batch craft production. The time counts from your order.We tried it with bread, with fruit preserve, on its own. What stayed with us was the slightly peppery taste. It has raw sheep's milk, cardoon flower and salt. Then it ages for at least 45 days at Monte do Ganhão, in Sousel, chosen by Filipe and Vanessa to bring the Alentejo to the table.
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PDO Évora cheese
PDO Sheep's Cheese
Raw sheep's milk, cardoon flower and at least 45 days of ageing.
Story of the piece
PDO Sheep's Cheese
Sometimes waiting pays off
Among the products Filipe and Vanessa choose for Mercado Alentejano, this sheep's cheese is made at Monte do Ganhão, in Sousel, and holds the Évora Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). The dairy is a family business. In 1975, António Ganhão, newly married, bought a small flock and wanted to try making cheese. Today his daughters Dulce and Célia run the dairy and their father still looks after the pastures and the animals.
The recipe combines raw sheep's milk, salt and cardoon flower, a plant-based coagulant long used in traditional cheesemaking. After slow coagulation and draining of the curd, it is left to age. At one stage the cheese is turned every day. It takes at least 45 days to achieve a firm, smooth paste, an intense aroma and a slightly peppery taste.
A choice from Mercado Alentejano that Ra-Ro shares, so this flavour reaches more tables.
Sometimes waiting pays off.
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Overview
The cheese
Sheep’s cheese with Protected Designation of Origin.
- 1The labelQueijo de Évora PDO, from Monte do Ganhão.
- 2The rindA natural, yellowish rind.
Up close
The label
A sheep on the label, as tradition goes.
- 1The sheepA drawing of a sheep.
- 2PDOProtected Designation of Origin.
- 3UnwrappedThe cheese as it is.
The maker
Mercado Alentejano
Filipe nasceu em Figueira de Barros, no Alentejo. Vanessa é de Lisboa, mas a sua família tem raízes alentejanas. Juntos criaram o Mercado Alentejano em Sousel, onde hoje vivem, para levar a mais casas os produtos de quem faz as coisas à maneira da terra e preservar o saber de ...
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Everything you need to know.
What cheese is this?
A sheep's cheese with the Évora Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), made at Monte do Ganhão, in Sousel.
What are the ingredients?
Raw sheep's milk, salt and cardoon flower, a plant-based coagulant.
What does it taste like?
Firm, smooth paste, intense aroma and a slightly peppery taste, after at least 45 days of ageing.
How long does shipping take?
It is prepared to order and shipping takes about 1 week.
Try it with bread, with fruit preserve or on its own.
5,10 € · available to ship
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