Castelo_Branco_(cheese)

Castelo Branco cheese

Castelo Branco cheese

Portuguese goat or sheep cheese

This article is about the Portuguese cheese. For other uses, see Presidente Castelo Branco (disambiguation).

Castelo Branco (Portuguese: Queijo de Castelo Branco) is a cheese named after the city of the same name in Portugal, the main city of the district where it is produced.

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Since 1996, Castelo Branco cheese has had a Protected designation of origin (PDO), being one of the three Beira Baixa cheeses (PDO) (Portuguese: Queijos da Beira Baixa DOP).[1][2]

The cheese is made from goat or sheep milk, and has a soft texture. Typically, the cheese takes 40 days to mature when made with goat's milk, and 50 days when made with ewe's milk. The fat content is around 45% and the cheese is usually a close-to-white colour.

See also

Cheeses sometimes also known as Castelo Branco cheese:

References

  1. [1]
    Queijo de Castelo Branco in the DOOR Data Base of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. [2]
    Queijos da Beira Baixa in the DOOR database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  3. [3]
    Queijo Amarelo da Beira Baixa in the DOOR database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. [4]
    Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa in the DOOR database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.


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