Queso de flor cheese
Queso de flor is a DOP cheese produced in the municipalities of Santa María de Guía, Gáldar and Moya on Gran Canaria, but is also made on Tenerife.
This cheese is made by mixing cow’s and ewe’s milk, and a crust consisting of a yellow and cream interior and slightly bitter taste of fat. It may also contain partly goat’s milk.
As a curious detail, the cheese is curdled with artichoke or cardoon flowers. The plants flower in April and May, so they are cut and kept so that they don’t dry out and are used in an appropriate quantity for curdling the milk. It is for this reason that the chesses is so named: 'Queso de flor' literally means 'flower cheese'. They are decorated with geometric designs for identification purposes.
Usually eaten on its own, Queso de flor is sometimes used in many dishes, including stews.
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 flor 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 flor 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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