Picos de Europa

What does Picos de Europa taste like? Spicy, strong and complex

Where’s it from? Castilla-Leon, Northern Spain

Packaging: This cheese is PASTEURISED. A wrapped 250g segment of cheese.

You can buy Picos de Europa as part of The Spanish Selection Box, alongside Manchego, Canarejal and Monte Enebro.

Recipes:

Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is a fabulous and easy starter idea. The trick to making this salad really come to life is to use a blue cheese that delivers a strong flavour hit, and Bleu d’Auvergne does just that

The secret to a good burger is using beef mince with over 15% fat content. The secret to a GREAT burger is spicy, strong and complex blue cheese.

Blue Cheese Muffins are a joy for breakfast, snacks, lunches, picnics, soup side-dishes or suppers.

These blue cheese straws are a great opener for a dinner party. Using a dry crumbly blue will ensure the straws don’t become too soft after baking.

This take on pizza is from the Japanese city of Sapporo. Although far from the natural home of pizza, the combination of sweet onion and salty blue cheese work brilliantly here.

Use it as the main feature of this Spinach and Walnut Fettuccini recipe. The flavours and textures combine to make every mouthful magnificent.