Home > Cooking > Encyclopedia

	Encyclopedia
	manchego cheese malted milk malted milk powder maltose manchego cheese MSG Mandarin cuisine Mandarin orange Definition: [mahn-CHAY-goh] Spain's most famous cheese, so named because it was originally made only from the milk of Manchego sheep that grazed the famous plains of La Mancha. Manchego is a rich, golden, semifirm cheese that has a full, mellow flavor. The two that are most commonly exported are curado, aged between 3 and 4 months, and viejo, aged longer. Manchego is a wonderful snack cheese and melts beautifully in heated dishes. See also cheese. --Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst
	New Search?