Manchego cheese with honey and walnuts

Castilla-La Mancha

Castilla-La Mancha
  • Ingredients

    Ingredients for four people: 400 g Manchego cheese, 150 g walnuts and honey.

  • Preparation

    Cut the mildly matured Manchego cheese into triangles and pat dry with a tea towel. Place on a serving dish and garnish with the walnuts and honey.Manchego cheese, a gastronomic treasure with PDO statusThis recipe for cheese with honey is one of the best ways to enjoy this famous Spanish cheese, a true icon of Castile–La Mancha.  Manchego is a delicacy that is aged for between one month and two years and comes in three varieties: fresh, semi-cured and cured.If you’d like to see for yourself how these PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) cheeses are made and enjoy them to the full, you can visit any of the traditional cheese shops you can find in the region. You’ll discover a product so exceptional that it even has its own museum: the Manchego Cheese Museum, housed in a 17th-century manor house in the town of Manzanares (Ciudad Real). 

Category: Dessert

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Price: Medium

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