Queso de La Peña cheese
Queso de La Peña is a goats’ milk cheese from La Peña, near Blimea, in the ‘concejo’ of San Martín del Rey Aurelio.
To make the cheese, rennet is added to the milk and it is heated to 30º for 40 minutes. The curds are then cut into pieces about the size of a grain of rice. The temperature is raised and the curds are allowed to drain. They are then placed in moulds and pressed. After eight hours the cheese is salted by rubbing and left to mature for two months..
The cheese is cylindrical and weighs between 500 g and 1 kg. It has a compact interior and a fine, mouldy rind.
Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses
The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.
For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g
If the Queso de La Peña cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Queso de La Peña cheese.
The calorie lists are sortable by clicking the up and down arrows in the heading columns
| Cheese type | Calories per 100g |
|---|---|
| American cheese | 371 |
| Blue cheese | 353 |
| Camembert cheese | 299 |
| Cheddar cheese | 402 |
| Cottage cheese | 98 |
| Edam cheese | 357 |
| Farmer's cheese | 98 |
| Feta cheese | 264 |
| Fontina cheese | 389 |
| Goat cheese | 364 |
| Gouda cheese | 356 |
| Gruyere cheese | 413 |
| Mozzarella cheese | 280 |
| Parmesan cheese | 431 |
| Pimento cheese | 375 |
| Provolone cheese | 352 |
| Queso blanco cheese | 310 |
| Ricotta cheese | 174 |
| Roquefort cheese | 369 |
| Swiss cheese | 380 |
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