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n. (alternative form of Manchego English)
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Manchego (officially , ) is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the breed. Official cheese is to be aged for between 60 days and two years.
has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, and often contains small, unevenly distributed air pockets. The colour of the cheese varies from white to ivory-yellow, and the inedible rind from yellow to brownish-beige. The cheese has a distinctive flavour, well-developed but not too strong, creamy with a slight piquancy, and leaves an aftertaste that is characteristic of sheep’s milk.
The designation is protected under Spain's Denominación de Origen (DO) regulatory classification system, and the cheese has been granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Union.
Usage examples of "manchego".
Herrold had brought with him a great piece of Manchego, which at midday we washed down with spring water.
His perquisites were for himself and his friends, and it was possible that he had preserved a piece of the almost imperishable manchego or parmesan for some private feast of his own: physical, material, objective cheese was certainly toasting no very great way off.