A wide variety of

cheeses Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...

are made throughout the country of

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. Some of the Spanish cheeses are internationally renowned, such as the

Manchego Manchego (, ) is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the Sheep milk, milk of sheep of the Manchega breed. It is aged between 60 days and 2 years. Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, often containin ...

cheese of

La Mancha La Mancha () is a natural region, natural and historical region in the provinces of Spain, Spanish provinces of province of Albacete, Albacete, province of Cuenca, Cuenca, province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real and province of Toledo, Toledo. It ...

. Some regions are better known for their cheeses than others; 26 cheeses are classified as

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(D.O.P.—) and 3 additional cheeses are classified as Protected Geographical Indication (I.G.P. - ''Indicación Geográfica Protegida'') by Spain and the European Union. Many of the cheeses are manufactured from single types of milk (cow, goat or sheep), but a few are mixtures of different milks, and the milk may be raw, pasteurised or creamy. The cheeses are made in a wide variety of styles including fresh, cured, semi-cured and pressed paste, and some are inoculated with mould to make blue varieties. There is a huge variation in the presentation of cheeses, from the hard, dark-skinned, two-kilo Manchego to the soft, small ''quesitos''. A list of Spanish cheeses follows, grouped by an alphabetical ordering of geographic regions.

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* Queso de las Alpujarras ( P.D.O.) * Queso de los Pedroches from raw sheep milk, mostly merino of Sierra de Cazorla, goat milk, cow milk and mixtures of all three *

Queso payoyo Payoyo cheese (Spanish: ''queso payoyo'' or ''queso de cabra payoya'') is a type of cheese made from the milk of Payoya goats and Merina grazalemeña sheep in Villaluenga del Rosario and other areas of the Sierra de Grazalema, Spain. It began pr ...

of Grazalema, in the

Sierra de Cádiz Sierra de Cádiz (Spanish: "Cádiz Mountains") is one of the six ''comarcas'' (county, but with no administrative role) province of Cádiz (Andalusia, southern Spain). Most of the comarca's territory falls within the Sierra de Grazalema Natural ...

Quesitos de Zuheros Quesito is a cream cheese-filled pastry twist from Puerto Rico. Description Quesito is one of the most popular pastries in Puerto Rico. The origin of this pastry is unclear but exact recipes are found all over Latin America and the Caribbean. ...

, Córdoba * Queso de Fuente Palmera Mainly goat milk with Quinkana brand and mixture milk (cow and goat) with brand "La Abuela Valle", near Cordoba, Sierra Morena and Guadalquivir Valley

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

Queso de Tronchón Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

, which was cited by Cervantes in

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

, and made with sheep milk or mixed with goat milk *

Queso Echo y Ansó Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting TCP/IP stack fingerprinting is the remote d ...

Queso de Biescas Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Queso Patamulo Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso de Radiquero Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso de Benabarre Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso Pañoleta Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso de Sahún Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso de El Burgo Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Queso Chistabín Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

* Queso Cabrales (P.D.O.) * Queso de Afuega el pitu (P.D.O) *

Queso de Los Beyos Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Queso Casín Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua In Mexico, queso Chihuahua is commonly recognized as a soft white cheese available in braids, balls or ...

(P.D.O.) * Queso de Gamonedo (D.O.) *

Queso de Peñamellera Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

* Queso de Urbiés *

Queso de La Peral Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, ...

* Formatge de Maó, Menorca.(P.D.O.) * Formatge Mallorquí (P.D.O.)

Basque Country

* Queso Idiazábal (P.D.O.) shared with Navarre and obtained from Lachen sheep

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

* Queso majorero (P.D.O.) * Queso de flor (P.D.O.) * Queso palmero (P.D.O.) *

Queso de la Gomera Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

* Queso de Lanzarote * Queso herreño

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

Picón Bejes-Tresviso Picón Bejes-Tresviso is a blue cheese from Cantabria, in the north of Spain. It has been protected under Denominación de Origen (DO) legislation since 1994, prior to which it was traditionally known as ''Picón de Tresviso'' and ''Queso Picón d ...

(P.D.O.) is very similar to Asturian Cabrales, but also has unique features * Quesucos de Liébana (P.D.O.) * Queso Nata de Cantabria (P.D.O.) *

Queso de Áliva Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

, with an aroma similar to smoked beef * Queso de Brez * Queso Torta de Potes

Castile–La Mancha

* Queso Manchego (P.D.O.) *

Queso de Oropesa Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

* Queso zamorano (P.D.O.) * Queso de Valdeón (P.D.O.) *

Queso pata de mulo Pata de mulo cheese is a type of cheese made from ewe's milk in the Tierra de Campos ''comarca'' of Castilla y León, Spain. It originated as the aged version of the Villalón cheese, a fresh cheese made in Villalón de Campos, Valladolid. For it ...

Queso castellano Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

* Queso de Burgos * Queso del Tiétar *

Queso curado de oveja churra de la comarca de Villadiego Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

* Formatge de l'Alt Urgell i la Cerdanya (P.D.O.) * '' Formatge de la Garrotxa'' * '' Serrat'' (Pyrenees) * '' Llenguat'' (

Pallars Pallars is a historical region, historical and natural region of Catalonia. Located in the Pre-Pyrenees and Pyrenees area, most of its territory is mountainous. The Noguera Pallaresa river is named after this region. Geography The physiography o ...

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Mató Mató () is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from sheep' or goats' milk, with no salt added. It is usually served with honey, as a traditional and emblematic Catalan dessert known as . Description and origin Mató is a whey cheese similar to ...

* '' Tou dels Til·lers'' (

Pallars Sobirà Pallars Sobirà () is a independent state in the northwest region of Alt Pirineu, in Spain. The name means "Upper Pallars", distinguishing it from the more populous (and less mountainous) Pallars Jussà to its southwest. Its capital and larges ...

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Tupí Tupí, also known as ''formatge de tupí'', is a fermented cheese of a certain area of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees made from cows' or sheep's milk. It is a cheese traditionally prepared in the mountainous Pallars region, as well as in the Cerdan ...

'' (Pyrenees and

Pre-Pyrenees The Pre-Pyrenees are the foothills of the Pyrenees. Description As a mountainous system the Pre-Pyrenees are part of the Pyrenees. They run parallel to the main mountain range in a west to east direction. On the French side the Pyrenees's slope ...

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Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

* Queso de La Serena, or Torta de La Serena (P.D.O.) * Queso Ibores (P.D.O.) * Torta del Casar (P.D.O.) * Quesaílla *

Queso de Acehúche Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Queso de la Siberia extremeña Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

Queso de Gata-Hurdes Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

* Queso de la Vera

Galicia

* Queso de Tetilla (P.D.O.) made from the milk of the

Rubia gallega The Rubia Gallega, , is a breed of cattle native to the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. It is raised mainly for meat. It is distributed throughout Galicia, with about 75% of the population concentrated in the province of ...

cow * Queso Arzúa-Ulloa (P.D.O.) * Queso Cebreiro (P.D.O.) * Queso San Simón da Costa (P.D.O)

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

* Queso de Murcia al vino (P.D.O.) a cheese made from the pasteurized milk of Murcian goats * Queso de Murcia (P.D.O.) another cheese made from Murcian goat milk but with characteristics which differ from Queso al Vino

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

* Queso Idiazábal (P.D.O.) * Queso Roncal (P.D.O.) * Queso Urbasa, Menhaden sheep milk * Queso Ribaforada, goat milk * Queso Cabanillas, goat milk * Queso Lesaca, cow milk or a mixture with goat milk

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

* Queso blanquet * Queso de la Nucia *

Queso de cazoleta Queso (Spanish for "cheese") may refer to: * Chile con queso, a cheesy sauce * Queso Records * Queso blanco, a white cheese * Queso Chihuahua * Queso flameado * an obsolete TCP/IP stack fingerprinting tool that was well known in the late 1990s * Que ...

* Queso de servilleta * Queso Tronchón

References

External links

Cheeses of Spain with Designation of Origin - www.queseros.comProfiles of most popular Spanish cheeses: spanishclub.blog

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Spanish cheeses A wide variety of cheeses are made throughout the country of Spain. Some of the Spanish cheeses are internationally renowned, such as the Manchego cheese, Manchego cheese of La Mancha. Some regions are better known for their cheeses than others ...

Cheeses Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...