Cheese - Montenebro

DESCRIPTION

With a beautiful grey mold, this natural rind cheese is aged for roughly 3 weeks.  It's unique in that it uses the same Penicilium Roqueforti that's injected into blue cheeses however in the case of Montenebro the mold only grows on the outside of the rind.  This results in a young cheese with a white, chalky interior and pungent rind.  As the cheese matures the exterior below the rind develops a deliciously gooey texture.

ORIGIN

Spain

MILK TYPE

Goat

RAW MILK OR PASTEURIZED?

Pasteurized

STORAGE TIPS

Refrigerate preferably in its own drawer close to where most of the produce is kept.  After each time that you slice the cheese, re-wrap it with fresh plastic wrap to extend the shelf life.  While some chefs will freeze a slice of blue and then grate it over a salad before serving, Chef's Mandala doesn't recommend freezing cheeses in general.

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SUBSTITUTES

Pata Cabra or Humboldt Fog

INGREDIENTS

Pasteurized goat milk, rennet, cheese culture, calcium chloride, salt