Ilha Sao Jorge DOP - Cows Milk Cheese 24 months Cured +- 300g

Produced in the Azorean Islands of Portugal. This is a delicious huge cow cheese usually sold by the slice full taste slightly spicy to very spicy (24 months cure). Also used over a pizza or some other oven plates.

Sao Jorge Cheese PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) is one of the best known products in Portugal and its history merges with the history of the island itself. Legend has it that the beginning of cheese production dates back to the mid-century. XV. Its production was started by people of Flemish origin, experienced producers of foodstuffs such as meat, milk and its derivatives.
Over the years, traditional production methods were passed from generation to generation, maintaining the specific characteristics that the climate and vegetation of the islands pastures determine through the raw milk used, in such a way that the product was distinguished and certified with the status of DOP.