{"data":{"slug":"manchego","name":"Manchego","country":"Spain","milk":"sheep","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"Manchega sheep, La Mancha scrub, and a rind patterned by esparto grass.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/manchego\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/manchego","region":"La Mancha","aka":null,"texture":"Firm and compact, faintly oily, with scattered pinprick eyes","rind":"Natural, inedible, printed with the zigzag of the esparto mould","age":{"min_months":2,"max_months":24,"label":"2 mo \u2013 2 yr"},"description":"Made only from the milk of Manchega sheep grazing the dry La Mancha plateau. The herringbone pattern on the rind is a fossil of the esparto-grass belts wheels were once pressed in; the wavy top and bottom come from the wooden boards.\n\n*Semicurado* at three to six months is nutty and supple; *curado* and *viejo* dry out and turn sharp, caramelly and lanolin-rich. Do not eat the rind.","flavour_notes":["lanolin","toasted almond","caramel","a tangy finish"],"pairings":["Rioja","Quince paste","Marcona almonds","Fino sherry"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"mahon","name":"Mah\u00f3n-Menorca","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/mahon"},{"slug":"allgauer-bergkase","name":"Allg\u00e4uer Bergk\u00e4se","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/allgauer-bergkase"},{"slug":"asiago-dallevo","name":"Asiago d\u2019Allevo","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/asiago-dallevo"},{"slug":"lancashire","name":"Beacon Fell Lancashire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/lancashire"}]}}