{"data":{"slug":"ossau-iraty","name":"Ossau-Iraty","country":"France","milk":"sheep","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"Basque shepherd\u2019s cheese: sheep\u2019s milk, sweet, and endlessly easy to eat.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/ossau-iraty\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/ossau-iraty","region":"Basque Country \/ B\u00e9arn","aka":null,"texture":"Firm, close, faintly oily on the tongue","rind":"Natural, brushed, ochre to grey","age":{"min_months":3,"max_months":12,"label":"3 mo \u2013 1 yr"},"description":"Made from Manech and Basco-B\u00e9arnaise sheep in the western Pyrenees, where the shepherds' transhumance routes are older than the border. One of only three French sheep's-milk AOPs.\n\nSweet, oily-textured and gentle, with hazelnut and lanolin notes rather than the sharpness people expect from sheep's milk. Eaten locally with black cherry jam from Itxassou, which is not a garnish so much as part of the cheese.","flavour_notes":["hazelnut","lanolin","sweet cream","dried fruit"],"pairings":["Black cherry jam","Iroul\u00e9guy red","Marcona almonds","Cider"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"comte","name":"Comt\u00e9","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/comte"},{"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"}]}}