Smile and Say......"Z" is for Zamorano
"Z" is for ZAMORANO
Zamorano is a famous Spanish sheep’s milk cheese made in the region of Castile-Leon, Zamora. This hard cheese takes almost 6 months to mature fully. It has a pale-yellow color with crumbly texture and contains 45% fat. The rind is rubbed with olive oil while maturing, giving it its dark color.Zamorano has a buttery and nutty taste, which is served as a table cheese with white, red as well as Zinfandel wine. It gets its characteristic flavor because of the breed of sheep – the small, scruffy Churra and the Castilian sheep that produce milk.Due to a distinctive zigzag pattern and cylindrical shape, Zamorano appears similar to Castellano or Manchego.I hope you've enjoyed this alphabetical tour through cheeseland as much as I did!