What is manchego cheese? Have a recipe calling for it but couldn't find it at my local market.?

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The person working at the deli counter had no clue. What other cheese would you compare it to as far as taste/texture?

Answer 1

Manchego cheese is almost white, semi-firm, and typically used as a melting cheese. Don't confuse this with aged Manchego cheese, which is firm and yellow, and typically used for grating. Younger Manchego cheese is sweet and nutty. It melts nicely and is often used in quesadillas. Substitutes: Monterey jack OR mozzarella OR cheddar.

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What is manchego cheese? Have a recipe calling for it but couldn't find it at my local market.?
The person working at the deli counter had no clue. What other cheese would you compare it to as far as taste/texture?

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Manchego is a mellow, firm cheese similar to a slightly aged Jack, with some nutty character; melts well; use in cooked dishes or as a snacking cheese. Manchego is actually a cheese from Spain. SUBSTITUTE: PECORINO ROMANO
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Manchego cheese is a sheep's milk cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain. Manchego is aged for 3 months or longer, and is a semi-firm cheese with a rich golden colour and small holes. The taste is very distinctive, slightly salty but not too strong. It is creamy with a slight piquancy, and with the characteristic aftertaste of sheep’s milk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchego_cheese

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If a recipe contains "a lot of eggs," you're probably not going to be able to veganize it. Egg replacers are best when replacing fewer than four eggs, or so I have read. And it depends on what the eggs are for. If they're used to flavor the dish or the main component of the dish, you might want to find another recipe. As for the cheese, you can probably use Vegan Gourmet Follow Your Heart cheese. I have discovered that in a casserole, it works pretty well, so it might work for binding a stuffing together. Grate the cheese finely, though.

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Manchego cheese is a sheep's milk cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain. Manchego is aged for 3 months or longer, and is a semi-firm cheese with a rich golden colour and small holes.

Features

Each cheese is barrel-shaped and weighs about 2 kg. It comes in a ten inch diameter wheel, five inches thick, with a herringbone design on the inedible rind caused by the surface of the press used in the manufacturing process. This traditional embossed pattern comes from the time when the cheese was wrapped in sheets of woven esparto grass. The colour of the paste is white or light yellow and the rind is between light brown and dark grey. The taste depends on the maturity: mild and fresh or strong and full-bodied.

The taste is very distinctive, slightly salty but not too strong. It is creamy with a slight piquancy, and with the characteristic aftertaste of sheep’s milk. Just like wine, Serrano ham and olive oil, Manchego cheese is protected by its Denominación de Origen. This controls its production, ensures the exclusive use of milk only from the Manchega sheep, and dictates an ageing period of a minimum of two months.

Manchego is available in three different states of maturity: Fresh (fresco), 3-4 months old (curado), or matured for one year (viejo).

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They have it at Whole Foods or any gourmet specialty cheese shop.

Answer 8

It's Spanish sheep milk cheese

Answer 9

Spainish sheeps milk cheese that is aged 3-6 months. At my restaurant I would substitute Pecorino cheese, because it has the same aged texture and sharp sheep milk flavor.

Answer 10

it's a soft spanish cheese made out of goats milk