Mahón vs Idiazábal
Mahón
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Spain
- Place
- Menorca, Balearic Islands
Mahón is a pressed cow's milk cheese from Menorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The piece is a square block with rounded edges and corners, a shape that comes from forming the curd, not from a round mould. The paste runs from ivory to a deeper yellow, and the rind moves from pale gold to orange-brown. Young cheese is supple, mild, and buttery. A longer rest makes the same cheese firmer, saltier, and more piquant.
Idiazábal
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Spain
- Place
- Basque Country and Navarre
- Status
- PDO
Idiazábal is a pressed sheep's-milk cheese from the Basque Country and Navarre, and a protected name. The milk comes from Latxa or Carranzana sheep. Many wheels are lightly smoked.