Ossau-Iraty AOP Cheese

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Vendor: Maison Morand

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CODE	Weight	Availability	Price
	250g	In stock	AED71.85	+ −
QUES34736646LPT	1kg	In stock	AED287.50	+ −
QUES315073281LPT	500g	In stock	AED143.75	+ −
QUES424100733LPT	750g	In stock	AED215.75	+ −

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Ossau-Iraty (or Esquirrou) is a traditional, unpasteurised ewe's milk cheese from the picturesque mountains of Pyrenees that hold a fertile grazing land for the milk-giving ewes. This cheese unites two regions of France in the Western Pyrénées: Ossau valley of Bearn and Iraty Forest of Basque Country. It received an AOC protection in 1980, which requires that the cheese be produced with the milk of only two breeds of ewes - Manech and Basco-Béarnaise.

An uncooked and pressed cheese, Ossau-Iraty is semi-hard in texture with a thick, buff rind marked with rust and grey moulds. Beneath the brown and orange rind is an ivory white, supple and slightly grainy interior that has a creamy and buttery mouth feel. Flavours are herbaceous, nutty and fruity if the produce is from winter while the summer cheeses tend to reveal aromas of grass and flowers.

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