La Serena cheese

Queso de la Serena is a cheese made from Merino sheep milk in La Serena, Spain, a region of South Western Spain. The pure sheep milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of artichoke (Cynara cardunculus). This ingredient lends a light bitterness to the otherwise slightly salty taste. It is aged for at least sixty days. The fully ripe cheese has a creamy consistency in the center, and is traditionally eaten by slicing off the top and scooping out the inside. This is the cheese that can be served with a spoon.

Some people prefer to eat this cheese with more age when it becomes stronger in taste and consistency.

References

• Janet Fletcher (5 May 2005). "From 'The Calm Place,' a Spoonful of Heaven". SFGate. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/05/WIG60CJ22R1.DTL. Retrieved 2009-11-11.