Christmas orders are now being taken.
Christmas orders are now being taken.
Orders for delivery in December must be placed by 8th December. After then we offer counter service only all the way to Christmas Eve.
£4.80 – £28.80
Our Manchego PDO is Curado (cured) and it has been matured for 6 months. It has a hard, granulated texture and a delicious blend of sweetness and lamb flavours with savoury, nutty undertones. It is a truly wonderful sheep’s milk cheese.
Quite possibly Spain’s most famous cheese, Manchego is protected by its PDO status. This means it has to be made using the milk from pure breed Manchega sheep in the La Mancha region of Spain. La Mancha was made famous by Cervantes and a true Manchego carries a label depicting Don Quixote.
There are 4 ages of Manchego produced:
Fresco: a fresh cheese which is aged for just 2 weeks. It has a rich but mild flavour rand is rarely found outside Spain.
Semicurado: this is a semi-hard, semi-cured cheese which is aged for between 3 weeks and 3–4 months
Curado: a semi-hard, cured cheese which is aged for 3-6 months to develop a caramel and nutty flavour.
Viejo: a hard cheese which has been aged for 1-2 years. The older it is, the more pronounced its flavour
Manchego is delicious with a glass of Pedro Ximénez Sherry, either on its own, as part of a cheeseboard or thinly sliced, drizzled with olive oil and eaten with strips of Serrano ham.
Ingredients (Allergens are listed in capitals)
MILK, salt, starter cultures, rennet, calcium chloride, lysosome (EGG) trace. rind: preservative (E235), colouring (E150d), potassium sorbate (E202)
Normal opening Monday – Saturday 9am – 4pm until:
Sunday 22nd 9am – 4pm
Monday 23rd 9am – 4pm
Christmas Eve 9am – 12pm
Christmas Day Closed
Boxing Day Closed
Friday 27th Closed
Saturday 28th 9am – 4pm
Sunday 29th Closed
Monday 30th 9am – 4pm
Tuesday 31st 9am – 4pm
New Year’s Day Closed
Thursday 2nd January Closed
Friday 3rd 9am – 4pm then open as normal
After Christmas our courier delivery slots start from 8th January.
