{"id":2185,"date":"2013-10-23T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2013-10-23T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T09:22:00","slug":"mas-marce-el-set-from-a-heritage-breed-of-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2185","title":{"rendered":"Mas Marc\u00e9 El Set: Milk from a Rare Breed of Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"

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El Set, a sheep milk cheese from the Mas Marc\u00e9 area of Spain is our latest taste delight from Formaggio South End.<\/p>\n

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With a pretty basket pattern, El Set looks great on a cheese tray. Its dry texture and herby flavor will please many a cheese lover. This is not an overwhelming sheepy cheese like many of the ones we love. But, we planned to enjoy it with a piece of fresh pecorino and didn't want something that would mask the flavor of the milder cheese.<\/p>\n

This is a "hero cheese," in our opinion, because it's made from the milk of a rare breed of sheep that's native to the Catalan region of Spain. And, it is a vegan cheese since the cheesemakers use thistle rennet found in the same pastures where the sheep graze. When you buy this cheese, you are helping to preserve the sheep whose milk production is too low for mass producers.<\/p>\n

We are so fortunate to have cheese shops like Formaggio Kitchen<\/a> and Formaggio South End<\/a> where you can find a new cheese with a great story each time you visit. And, if you follow them online, they will tell you those stories one wedge at a time. You'll find links to their facebook and twitter pages on their website links above.<\/p>\n

Here's an example from their Facebook page.<\/p>\n

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And, here are other items from our Cheese Tray!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What's on your Cheese Shopping List? Here are some great books about cheese.<\/a>\"\" These make wonderful gifts for a cheese lover. And, when you shop Amazon from here, they put some coins in our tip jar.<\/em><\/p>\n