Queso de Leyva cheese
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Queso de Leyva. This and the following photographs are courtesy of Orce Serrano Hams
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Half-round in olive oil
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In a jar with olive oil
Queso de Leyva is a hard artisan cheese produced from 100% unpasteurised ewes’ milk by Ignacio Miranda de Leyva and his father at La Finca Castañuelo in Guadix (Granada). The milk used comes only from their own flock of sheep.
Matured for 65-70 days, the cheese has a rich and creamy yet mild flavour and is an adaptation of a recipe for Calahorra, another local cheese. It is produced in small cylinders weighing 1 kg and 1.4 kg and is also available in half-rounds of 500 g and 700 g. It is also sold encased in olive oil.
The cheese is not available in the UK but can be purchased from Iain MacDonald and Gayle Hartley of Orce Serrano Hams who are based in Orce (Granada).
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 Leyva 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 Leyva 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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