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San Simón da Costa cheese

Vilalba, Terra Chá, Lugo

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San Simón da Costa cheese

Curiosity · Vilalba, Terra Chá, Lugo

Cheese made from the milk of rubia gallega, Friesian and brown Alpine cows, which takes its name from a parish of Vilalba, produced mainly in the Lugo municipalities of the Terra Chá; it has a distinctive shape, halfway between a spinning top and a bullet, tapering to a point, and a fine, fatty, semi-hard texture, colored between white and yellow. It is smoked with birch wood, which gives it its characteristic aroma, and holds a protected designation of origin recognized by the European Union since 2008. Its production, which reached 400,000 pieces in 2006, with 30% destined for export, reaches markets across Europe as well as Japan and the United States, and continues to grow at a rate of 10-15% a year.

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