Cabrales
Carretera General, s/n
33555 Carrena (Asturias)
Dirección General de Ganaderàa y Agroalimentación. Consejeràa de Medio Rural y Pesca. Principado de Asturias
C/ Coronel Aranda, 33071 Oviedo Telèfono:+34/985105638 Fax: +34/985105517
Full-fat, mature, blue cheese; cylindrical with flat faces; smooth, compact, white paste with blue-green areas and veins; piquant flavour; weight 2-5 kg. The production and processing area covers eighteen villages in the municipality of Cabrales and three in Peflamellera Alta, in Asturias province. The milk is a blend of cow's, ewe's and goat's milk; coagulation with lactic acid at temperatures varying between 22 and 35°C; dry-salting; ripening for at least sixty days.
