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Castelo Branco (
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
: ''Queijo de Castelo Branco'') is a
cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...
named after the city of the same name in Portugal, the main city of the
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where it is produced. Since 1996 Castelo Branco cheese has had a
Protected designation of origin The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union and the United Kingdom aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main ...
(PDO), being one of the three ''Beira Baixa cheeses'' (PDO) (Portuguese: ''Queijos da Beira Baixa DOP''). The cheese is made from
goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...
or
sheep milk Sheep's milk (or ewes' milk) is the milk of domestic sheep. It is commonly used to make cultured dairy products such as cheese. Some of the most popular sheep cheeses include feta (Greece), ricotta (Italy), and Roquefort (France). Sheep breeds S ...
, and has a soft texture. Typically, the cheese takes 40 days to mature when made with goat's milk, and 50 days when made with ewe's milk. The fat content is around 45% and the cheese is usually a close-to-white colour.


See also

Cheeses sometimes also known as Castelo Branco cheese: *Beira Baixa yellow cheese (Portuguese: ''Queijos Amarelo Beira Baixa DOP''P) *Beira Baixa spicy cheese (Portuguese: ''Queijos Picante da Beira Baixa DOP'')Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa
in th

database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16. *
List of Portuguese cheeses with protected status A number of food and drink products from Portugal have been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union law and UK law through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciali ...


References

Portuguese cheeses Portuguese products with protected designation of origin Goat's-milk cheeses Sheep's-milk cheeses Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union
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