São Jorge Cheese

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São Jorge

Cheese

Beira Island Cheese

Ilha Beira Cheese is a ripened cheese with a semi-hard paste, with a firm texture. Produced from raw cow's milk, salt and rennet, it matures for a minimum of three months. It has a strong, clean and slightly spicy flavor and aroma, making it perfect to have at the table in convivial moments. It is available in whole format, quarters and slices/wedges;

Topo Island Cheese

Ilha Topo Cheese is a ripened cheese with a semi-hard paste, with a firm texture, produced in the Topo area. It has an intense aroma and flavor, clean and proportionally spicy to the curing time, ideal for enjoying with wines or jams. It is produced from raw cow's milk or pasteurized milk, with a minimum curing period of two months. It is available in whole format, quarters and slices/wedges;

Lourais Island Cheese

Queijo Ilha Lourais is a ripened cheese with a semi-hard paste and a firm texture, with a minimum ripening period of two months, and is a product with a strong, clean and slightly spicy aroma and flavor. This cheese is produced from raw cow's milk, salt and rennet, and is available in whole format, quarters and slices/wedges;

Canada Cheese

Produced in a small artisanal and private factory, and using only the milk produced by around 50 cows, Canada cheese, with hard or semi-hard paste, has an unmistakable spicy aftertaste after 60 days of curing. Made with raw milk, rennet and salt, it has the particularity of being small, weighing between 2.5 and 3.5 kg. It is sold on almost all the Azores islands and in some gourmet stores on the Portuguese mainland.

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