Serra da Estrela cheese: A review

Serra da Estrela cheese with Protected designation of origin certification is manufactured using only raw ewes’ milk, salt, and a crude plant rennet, from the dried flowers of Cynara cardunculus L., resulting in a cheese with peculiar sensorial features (without the addition of starters or additives) that has existed over many centuries. More than 40 scientific reports concerning this cheese have been published since 1992. The composition and...