Serra da Estrela cheese
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Serra da Estrela is an artisan, DOP, ewes’ milk cheese which has been made for centuries by shepherds in the Serra da Estrela Mountains in Beira. It is known as the ‘King of Portuguese Cheese’.
To make the cheese, the milk is curdled by a rennet of cardoon flowers or lambs’ rennet and the curds are broken up manually. Soft and almost spreadable, the white cheese has a smooth, thin, straw-coloured rind and an unmistakable aroma and flavour. It has a clean, perfumed bouquet, and a sweet, burnt toffee finish.
The cheese is soft and cylindrical with slightly bulging sides and a stronger, harder and crumblier version is also available. The soft variety is only produced in autumn and winter. It can weigh between 1 and 2 kg, is 25 cm in diameter and is 5-7 cm high.
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 Serra da Estrela 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 Serra da Estrela 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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