Roncal cheese

• The Roncal cheese
  • Protected zone of production
  • Characteristics
  • The latxa sheep
  • Production
  • Properties
  • Care of the cheese
  • How to cut Roncal cheese
• The designation
  • History
  • Control
• Purchasing guide
• Conservation of the cheese
• List of companies
• Agenda and news
• Recipes

Roncal cheese

Roncal cheese is a cylindrical shaped cheese, with a thick rind, compact and delicately tailored, closed but splattered with small regular shaped holes. It is the colour of white marble going on pale yellow with a strong pronounced flavour, lightly hot, very defined and creamy on the pallet. In its production, only milk, curds and salt may be used and so it never loses its characteristic taste and smell.