San Simón da Costa Cheese

100% pasteurized semi-hard cheese, made with cow's milk with a maturation period of at least 45 days. Over the centuries, this traditional cheese has managed to maintain its two distinctive characteristics that give it its particular flavor and aroma: Milk of cow, of the Rubia Gallega, Pardo-Alpina and Frisona races, and the SMOKING phase, in which the wood of a typical tree of the area is used: BIRCH.It is an ideal cheese to melt, it accompanies very well all kinds of meat and fish, baked or as a sauce. Its consumption is also recommended in hamburgers or chopped in a salad. It combines perfectly with hazelnuts, walnuts and apples.Ideal pairing with a white wine or beer.One of the most prestigious cheeses in Europe, with numerous awards that support it, was used during the Middle Ages in Galicia as payment for some ecclesiastical services like weddings or christenings. Smoked cheese in crust