Manchego cheese

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Manchego cheese is a famous Spanish sheep’s milk cheese known for its firm texture, distinctive nutty flavor, and protected designation of origin status.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Manchego cheese canonical 3
La Mancha cheese 1
Queso Manchego 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish cheese ⓘ
cheese ⓘ
agingCategory curado ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
semicurado ⓘ
viejo ⓘ
aroma buttery ⓘ
classification hard cheese ⓘ
color pale yellow ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
fatContentInDryMatter at least 50 percent ⓘ
flavor nutty ⓘ
slightly tangy ⓘ
governingBody Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Queso Manchego ⓘ
hasPDOStatusSince 1984 ⓘ
holePattern few small eyes ⓘ
legalProtectionType Denominación de Origen Protegida ⓘ
madeFromMilkOf sheep ⓘ
milkSourceRequirement Manchega sheep ⓘ
milkTreatment usually pasteurized ⓘ
milkType sheep’s milk ⓘ
minimumAgingTime 30 days ⓘ
originPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
pairsWith cider ⓘ
red wine ⓘ
sherry ⓘ
PDOName Queso Manchego ⓘ
linked to: Manchego cheese
productionRegionRequirement La Mancha region of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Castile-La Mancha
protectedStatus PDO ⓘ
regionOfOrigin La Mancha ⓘ
regulatedBy European Union ⓘ
rindPattern basket-weave pattern ⓘ
rindType inedible ⓘ
servingSuggestion served with bread ⓘ
served with quince paste ⓘ
servingTemperature room temperature ⓘ
shape cylindrical ⓘ
surfaceTreatment often coated with wax or oil ⓘ
texture compact ⓘ
firm ⓘ
traditionalAnimalBreed Manchega sheep ⓘ
typicalAgingRange 3 to 12 months ⓘ
typicalDiameter 10 to 22 centimeters ⓘ
typicalHeight 7 to 12 centimeters ⓘ
typicalSaltiness medium ⓘ
typicalUse grating cheese ⓘ
table cheese ⓘ
tapas ⓘ
typicalWeightRange 1 to 4 kilograms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castile-La Mancha → traditionalProduct → Manchego cheese ⓘ
Manchego cheese → PDOName → Queso Manchego ⓘ
linked to: Manchego cheese
El Queso Mecánico → culturalReference → La Mancha cheese ⓘ
linked to: Manchego cheese