"La Cava de Mia", the exclusive spanish cheese matured in a natural cellar

We are excited to announce that next July 6 our new cheese "La Cava de Mia" will be introduced, the great newness and pride from the Sierra de Albarracin Dairy. A Spanish gourmet sheep's cheese differentiated and exclusive because its maturation: in a natural stone cellar on savin wood shelves and under conditions that facilitate the cultivation and growth of a specific mildew (penicidium candidum).

Alberto Asensio, director of Quesos Sierra de Albarracin which celebrates its 10th anniversary, will welcome the guests at the Cheese Factory. Here we will pay attention to the interventions of Jose Luis Martin, an expert cheese refiner and project collaborator, and Antonio Jimenez, managing director of the Santa Maria de Albarracin Foundation.

At 12:30 we will visit the facilities and the official opening of La Cava de Mia, unique in Spain as cheese ripening cellar. Here's when we can enjoy the first taste of cheeses made in the Cava. A smooth and creamy texture with the aromas and flavors provided by its natural cave, and the very intensity of our raw sheep's milk.

The lunch will take place at the restaurant "Tiempo de Ensueño", owned by Maria Jose Meda and Sebastian Rosello, who also manage the "Hospedería El Batan" in Tramacastilla, awarded with a Michelin star.

Photo: Sara Gimeno

A special day like this must end the same way: with an exclusive private tour at 17:15 to the Cathedral of Albarracín, before its pending opening for September this year when the Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary. 

We look forward to sharing with you this new Spanish gastronomic treasure in which such dedication and enthusiasm were placed. These cheeses "La Cava de Mia" assume a new life for Quesos Sierra de Albarracin and we invite you to join it.

Tribute to Wine Cheese from Albarracín.

Wine is one of the most importants products of Spain due to its cultural tradition and its important meaning on our mediterranean gastronomy and diet. There are those who say, wine started to be produced on the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze Age.

Thousands years later, the consumption of wine went worldwide and are many, the companies innovating and experimenting with their own products that combined with red wine creating unique result.

At our Quesería de Albarracín, we elaborate Wine Cheese with 100% sheep milk pasteurized.

The final product has been awarded on many national and international events and competitions such as the feria de otoño Biescas, or the world cheese awards, getting the gold medal.

For the cheese, we have an own ranching there in the Sierra of Albarracín (Spain), surrounded by montains, where we breed cattles and take the pure pasteurized sheep milk that we marinate with wine resulting in a special touch with an different soft taste. 

The wedge is excellent for special occasions.

700 gr. Format is excellent for families.

3 kg. Format is for those cheese lovers.

Further information and purchases under our online shop

Hollywood stars are chosing our cheeses!

Ridley Scott recorded part of "The Kingdom of Heaven" in Aragón, "The Bourne ultimátum" from Paul Greengrass chose Madrid, and now the irish Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) has chosen our landscapes for his new movie named "The Promise" set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire.

The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), and Chris (Christian Bale), a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Our cheeses to roll on the red carpet.

Concretely Óscar Isaac came to our cheese shop at Albarracin last weekend to know about and buy our products where he was attended by Maribel, one of our workers.

Oscar is one of the main characters of this new big screen that is transforming our city into a true middle age hamlet.

Try the cheeses of the starts here.

Further film information here.

About us!

The cheeses from "Quesería de Albarracín" are being sold in Dubai with Mariscal & Sarroca.

 

Mariscal&Sarroca is an Spanish enterprise headquartered in the Region of Aragón and specialised in selling and exporting gourmet Spanish products,"the flavours of Spain".

It is conquering the Middle East with more than 1000 Spanish products already tasted over there.Among many others, such as the extra virgin olive oil with gold, or with saffron, there are some of the best cheeses from our "Quesería de Albarracín". Our cheeses have been top considered and awarded in many trade fairs and events like the Global Village or the Gulfood Trade Show Dubai. 

Detail in Spanish of the magazine ""Actualidad de las Empresas Aragonesas"" (May 2015)
about Mariscal & Sarroca and Cheeses From Albarracín. 

Our "Don Manuel" and "Blue label" are two of the most popular cheeses sold in these markets. The "Blue Label" cheese has been included at the 101 best cheeses in the world by Culture Magazine in 2013. 

From Quesería de Albarracín we want to especially congratulate Mariscal&Sarroca and thank them for trusting in the quality of our products. They are one of our distributors for the Middle East and in the U.K.

Looking forward to success!

Albarracin, World Heritage City.

Albarracín is a Spanish town, up in the province of Teruel, two hours drive from Valencia, part of the autonomous community of Aragón, and capital of the Sierra de Albarracín Comarca.

A picturesque place, surrounded by stony hills, at 3900 feets above sea level, whoever visits the inner-city, gets instantly transported to the Middle Ages. 

Apparently unspoilt by modernization, walking towards the village evokes somehow a sense of wonder.

In 1961, the city was declared "Monumento Nacional" by the Spanish government. For decades, tourists came and went back home with an aim of repeating their experiences in the future, reason why, many media have considered and promoted the city to be one of the most beautiful villages in Spain.

Its medieval architecture and narrow streets have been proposed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. But we all know, is not only a matter of monuments, but a matter of how its 1075 inhabitans protect their cultural values as brave as their ancestors centuries ago.

Part of the culture and traditions, is the "Quesería de Albarracín". Following the production techniques of generations of shepherds and craftsmen, pair to pair with the most modern food technologies, create one of the most recognised cheeses in Spain. 

Baked potato recipe with cheese from Albarracín

Ingredients:

• 1 Kg potatoes (35 oz)

• 1 egg

• 1/2 cup Sheep Cheese from Albarracín Red Label

• 1 teaspoon minced onion 

• 1 teaspoon butter

• 1 litre of milk

• olive oil

• Salt & pepper to taste

Cooking…

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).
2. Cut the potatoes in 5cm slices.
3. Melt butter and olive oil in heavy pan. Add seasonings to melted butter. 
4. Stir butter and seasonings well. Add potatoes and stir until they are well cooked. Cook until browned, about 15 minutes.
5. Whisk the egg.
6. Arrange potatoe wedges in baking pan. Brush with the whisked egg over potatoes, add onion and cheese from Albarracín shavings on top.
7. Bake 45 minutes at 360ºF degrees. 

Our Cheese

Cheese from Albarracín (Red Label)

After half of the maturation period of minimum 6 months for pieces of 3 kg and 4 months for pieces of 700 g, the result is a product with a so called denomination “Red Label” which presents a golden pale cheese with medium sized cheese holes and a light smell of fermented milk.

If you want to buy the best Spanish Cheese, you are invited to visit our Online Shop. There you will find a wide selection of hard cheese and delicacies from our facilities in Albarracín.

A Silver Medal for Albarracin Cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2013

Albarracin cheese factory is celebrating, once again, an international award. This time, hard cheese from Albarracín has been awarded Silver medal in the World Cheese Awards 2013.

More than 3.000 cheeses from 34 countries participated in the last edition of World Cheese Awards, in different categories, with different types of milk, judged by 250 experts from all over the world.

The awarded cheese from Albarracin is made with a mould used in different cheese factories all over Teruel region, however, each one has its own recipe. In this case, our cheese is made with raw sheep milk.

It is an honour for us to be rewarded by this prestigious event year after year. We are also proud of being able to offer our clients the best quality in all our products.

Thanks for being there and sharing our happines.

We are looking forward to welcome you in Albarracin and in our website.

International Livestock Fair FIGAN. Together with PIENSOS SOL

This last March (19th – 22nd) the important livestock international fair at the FIMA location took place in Zaragoza.

The FIGAN (FIma GANadera, ganadería means livestock) collected for the 11th time the newest technological innovations in the livestock-farming sector. The farmers could find the most modern solutions, technical and commercial, to empower the development of their daily activities.

Based on past successful experiences and also because of the ideal logistic emplacement of Zaragoza, there were many farmers gathered there to learn and share knowledge. Among them we were there, the cheese factory Sierra de Albarracín, together with piensos SOL, the most important company in the region that sells high quality fodder for sheeps.

More tan 60,000 people visited the 836 different companies that took place this year at the fair, spread in more than 820,000ft².

This way, FIGAN consolidates its international fame and gets to renew its role as main fair in the world about livestock.

The reason why a little representation of our company travelled with piensos SOL is simple; this company was the origin of what our cheese factory Sierrade Alabarracín means. The cheese factory project started first with the fodder company.

We´ve always said that we take very much care of our sheeps and their nutrition, which we watch very close since we were, first of all, in charge of piensos SOL, then we grew our own sheeps and at the end we became what we are now, a cheese factory that produces some of the most awarded cheeses in Spain.

We are still part of the fodder company and that´s why we couldn´t say no to accompany its team in such important fair for the livestock-farming sector as it is FIGAN in Zaragoza.

It was a great experience with which we got the chance to learn about the newest innovations in our sector. We paid attention to everything but we can´t say that our facilities are old-fashioned at all.

Best regards to those present at this years fair. To all the people who couldn’t come, we just say that we´ll be waiting for you the next year´s edition.

Until then and as usual, you can find us on our website and also on the online store. Cheese delivered at home!

Have a cheeseful day! ;)

1st International Congress of Truficulture in Teruel

Along this week we´ve had the honor of hosting the First International Congress of Truficulture.

Source: coiaanpv

Teruel has been the city chosen to gather the most important truffle experts in the world (France, Italy, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Israel). There, they´ve had 4 days to discuss and learn old and new techniques of cultivation and crop of the considered black diamond of gastronomy.

The two main objectives have been:

1. Share knowledge among researchers, managers and producers about the new scientific discoveries in the field of truffles. They also wanted to promote a sustainable production of truffles in many different territories.
2. Transfer worries and initiatives of the scientists with the truffle professionals, specially the inhabitants of Teruel, where 20% of the global production happens.

If you want to know what they´ve been doing, here´s a link to the program.

Because it was such a great event taking place so close from us, we couldn´t resist and decided we had to be there. Here is a picture of our stand, FULL OF CHEESE; a cheese lover´s dream come true.

In Quesería Sierra de Albarracín, we didn´t go mad and decided we are going to change our business. We still love cheese too much, but we are proud to share with you this event that has taken place so close from us, in our home.

Apart from that, we´d like to remind you one of our gastronomy suggestions in this blog, the cheese cubes with truffles and olive oil. Everybody knows that the Mediterranean Diet is healthy and good for you, but we don´t think anybody knows how delicious it can really be until this easy dish is tried.

Our cheese advise depends on each person´s taste; We have our soft Blue Label cheese for delicated palates. If you rather stronger flavours we recommend Golden Label or Silver Label, both hard cheeses full of different nuances.

Please, remember you will always be welcome in our home, Albarracín and, if it´s too far from you here you have our web and online store.

See you soon and enjoy your meal! ;)

SAY IT WITH CHEESE!

This Valentine´s Day be original and give your lover a tender heart… A CHEESE HEART!

It won´t only be a surprise, but something that you both will be able to enjoy. A delicious and soft cheese, made with love.

This cheese “Corazón de Amante” (Lover´s Heart) is made with pasteurized milk. Its texture is creamy and the rind is yellow, specific to cheeses with short periods of maturing processes.

With its soft touch and curious shape, “Lover´s Heart” is a whim for the senses.

You can accompany it with a soft red or rosé wine and some croutons to make a perfect snack of it. Tasty, complete and romantic!

Flowers are old-fashioned! Let your love for cheese invade you and share it with your beloved ones.

Happy Valentine´s Day!

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