Name: Casa de Mendevil Velho
Brand: none listed
Place of Purchase: Wheatsfield Organic Co-op in Ames, Iowa
Country/Region of Origin: Portugal in the Vila Nova de Famalicão
Price in Iowa: $22.50/pound
Milk: pasteurized cow
Processing: 60 days of aging, rind rubbed with paprika
Texture: firm
Color: Straw yellow to caramel-colored
Rind: Washed (rubbed with paprika and olive oil)
Aroma: Spice, smoke and dairy
Taste: Smoky, meaty, gamey, dairy, woody
Mouth feel: Chewy and squeaky paste
Notes: This is a neat cheese. The older it gets, the more the smoky spice of the paprika invades the paste. This reduces the stronger dairy flavors of this farm cheese. I must have gotten a particular well-aged cheese, because the entire paste was perfused with smoky, woody flavors. If you can find this cheese, you have to try it. It is delicious and unique.
I am about to try this cheese as well!
ReplyDeleteIt was purchased at Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati about 3 weeks ago.
I thought it was a Spanish Cheese!