Island cheese wins "Super Gold" in World Cheese Awards

[bedouin]

Majorero PDO, a semicured goat's cheese flavoured with paprika, has won a coveted "Super Gold" award in the 2018 World Cheese Awards.  The cheese is produced in Fuerteventura by Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura.

The World Cheese Awards has been bringing together cheesemakers, retailers, buyers, consumers and food commentators worldwide for over three decades.  This year, the contest was held in Bergen, Norway, where around 3500 cheeses from all over the world competed for the prestigious awards.  The "Super Gold" category is the highest, and the Majorero PDO was one of only 16 "Super Gold" cheeses which qualified for the final. 

We'll be looking out for it on our next visit!

There's an interesting video of the World Cheese Awards judging process at 
https://video.silverstream.tv/view/K8LhrrL1

[windermeregolfer]

Certainly on our next shopping list 

[Emmi Smith]

I highly recommend the Maxorata.I am a real cheeseaholic!!!

[hairybiker]

There is a guy on Stamford (Lincolnshire) farmers' market who imports and sells Spanish produce.  He has Majorero reularly. 

BUT he charges over £30 a kilo.  Which about the same price as the rip-off shops at the airport in Fuerte

I get the semi-curado from the Queseria in Tindaya (thanks to Tamara) to bring home. About 10 Euros a kilo.  I cut a kilo into 8 pieces, vacuum pack and freeze.  It lasts until my next trip and tastes just as good frozen as fresh.

I can cause some raised eyebrows with security at the airport if it's wrapped in foil. .

[Can the Man]

I love the local paprika cheese, I always bring home a few wedges for friends who then look for me to bring home more.

[Can the Man]

That’s great news, you can’t beat them paprika coated cheeses. Always bring some home for me and my friends.

[Magoo]

Forget the cheese, I am down to my last few grams of Fuerte salt.  Perfect for pork crackling. Was going to stock up in September, however not to be