Hard & aged Cow’s milk

Mahón-Menorca

A square-edged Balearic cheese, rubbed orange with paprika and olive oil.

Drawn by the app from this cheese’s own record — paste, rind and texture come from the data, not a stock library.

The curd is gathered in a cloth, knotted at the corners and pressed, which is why every wheel is a rounded square with a pucker mark on top. The rind is rubbed with olive oil, butter and paprika during ageing.

Salty and lightly sour from the sea air on Menorcan pasture, with a buttery paste and a sharp finish once aged. Eaten in Menorca with olive oil, black pepper and tarragon.

Tastes of

salt butter a lemony sourness toasted nut

Put it next to

Olive oil and tarragon Cava Almonds Sobrasada