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The milk used to make this cheese comes from a herd of about 400 ewes of the Bordaleira Serra da Estrela breed. This herd’s habitat is a lovely valley located about 15 km from Arganil, where the pastures benefit from the microclimate characteristic of the Queijo da Serra demarcated zone. |
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Since the herd and the pastures are of
the best quality we do not buy milk from other producers. We do not mix
the milk with cow or goat milk or with lower quality ewe milk. The “Quinta
do Carapinhal” cheese is made manually by two women cheese makers
(“queijeiras”), who strictly follow the traditional techniques
for making Queijo da Serra. |
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In this manner we are able to guarantee a top quality ewes’
milk with genuine taste. In this region our cheese is one of the few,
if not the only, truly top class artisanal alternative to industrially
produced sheep’s milk cheeses. “Quinta do Carapinhal” cheese is a biological agriculture product sold either by direct order or in selected shops of the Portuguese “Pingo Doce” supermarket chain. |
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a small village in the municipality of Arganil one of the oldest genuinely
Portuguese products is still managing to hold out against the invasion
of mass-produced, industrialised products. The “Quinta do Carapinhal”
cheese is one of the few cheeses which still retain the characteristics
which made “Queijo da Serra” world famous.