A Manchegan Cheese Salad

Preparation info
  • Lunch for

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

  • About

Queso Manchego at its best (aged, or viejo) is a fine dish in itself, and it would be a culinary crime to try and incorporate it into another recipe. Slices of the cheese, on their own or twinned with jamon Serrano, and washed down with a glass of sweet wine or sherry – this constitutes the finest tapas of the lot, a feast fit for Castillian kings.

But the younger cheeses from the region work well in salads, adding a nutty tang. Factor in another Spanish