Project Description
Sheep Cheese with Brandy
This cheese was soaked in brandy, was refined with mediterranean herbs and was produced exclusively from sheep milk. With a ripening period of 5 months this sheep cheese has a full-bodied taste which gets the special mark by the brandy.
Elaboration
With a ripening period of 5 months this sheep cheese has a full-bodied taste which gets the special mark by the brandy. Particularly intensely the brandy mark is in the coconsumption-cash bark. In taste this cheese strongly and can accept according to maturity taste directions from mildly to strongly spicy. Brandy-scented pure ewe´s cheese made exclusively with fresh ewe´s milk. Maturity more than 240 days. Fat +50% Keep Refrigerated. Consume preferably at room temperature.
Ingredients
Sheep milk Brandy (Cognac) Salt. Rennet. Cheese cultures
Nutrition information per 100g
Energy ……………………. 420 kcal/ 1750 Kj
Protein …………………………… 23 g
Fat Total ………………………… 36,5 g
Fat Saturated …………………………… 25,5 g
Trans …………………………………. 0 g
Cholesterol …………………………… 87,8 mg
Sugar ………………………………… 0,2 g
Sodium ………………………………….. 0,56 g
Fibre …………………………………… 0 g
Our Presentations
In wheels. : Mini 1 kg. (2 lb) / Standar. 3 kgs. (6 lb)
In wedges: From 140 gr, 200 gr, 300 gr, 450 gr. to 750 gr.
Conservation
The temperature and the humidity of the environment are determining factors in the conservation of the cheese. Cheese fermentation is accelerated at high temperatures and slows down when the temperature is low.
As for the humidity, if it is excessive, a rusting of the crust occurs, on the contrary, if the humidity is low, the consequence is that the cheese hardens and dries.
The best preservation system is aluminum foil or film (only the cut, since the rest of the cheese has to breathe) at a temperature not higher than 14ºC (ideal 6ºC-10ºC, eg, the drawer of the vegetables in our fridge) and with a humidity between 70 and 80 percent. It is recommendable to turn the cheese every 8 or 10 days.
It is very important to appreciate all the qualities of each cheese take it out of the fridge and unwrap it 15 minutes before consumption so that at the time of consumption it is at room temperature.
Pairing
The raw sheep cheese is ideal to accompany it with red and full-bodied red wines from Rioja, Ribera del Duero or Priorato. We must always remember that this is a mere orientation and in no case should be taken as a norm. About tastes everything is about to write.
Presentation
It is convenient to take the cheese out of the refrigerator and open the container 15 minutes before it is consumed, since the adequate temperature for its ingestion must be around 22º C.
It is very important to cut the cheese, both for conservation reasons and for aesthetic reasons: it must be clean and thin so that the cutting surface does not present irregularities.
You can use special double-handled knives that facilitate cutting in two halves of the pieces or an ordinary knife with enough blade length to easily reach the center of the cheese. The ideal knife is the one-edged knife with a rounded tip.
Before cutting, it is advisable to temper the knife. This is achieved by immersing the sheet for a few moments in hot water, drying it later with a cloth. The cut should be angular, with a vertex in the geometric center of the piece, not cutting more than what is going to be consumed and then dividing it into thin sheets (about three to five millimeters thick). The triangular shape of these sheets will be that of isosceles triangles.
The best way to present it is to present the cheese already cut on wooden boards, but as always it is not possible in each case, it will serve any dish as flat as possible, avoiding as much as possible to pile too many pieces on others.
