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La Peral cheese

Illas, Avilés, Asturias

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La Peral cheese

Food and drink · Illas, Avilés, Asturias

La Peral cheese is a blue cheese made since the early 20th century in the hamlet of La Peral, in the Asturian concejo of Illas, in a small dairy in the village of San Jorge de la Peral. It follows the example of French Roquefort and is made with pasteurized whole cow's milk, to which sheep's cream is sometimes added to reinforce the aroma during ripening, especially in spring and summer. Its paste is white with bluish veins, without a rind, unctuous, with cracks and cavities where the mold develops. It is presented in a cylindrical shape wrapped in metallic foil, with a weight that usually runs around two kilos, and it has a salty, persistent, very buttery flavor, ideal for spreading on toasted bread.

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