Etorki
Sign in to saveEtorki is a firm cheese made in the French Basque country, at Mauléon-Licharre in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. It is made from pasteurized sheep milk and pulp pressed, not cooked, then matured for seven weeks.
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- Cheese.name
- Etorki
- Cheese.image
- 225px
- Cheese.country
- France
- Cheese.region
- Basque country
- Cheese.town
- Mauléon-Licharre, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Cheese.source
- sheep
- Cheese.dimensions
- 25 cm (diameter) x 11 cm (height)
- Cheese.aging
- 7 weeks
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Etorki is a firm cheese made in the French Basque country, at Mauléon-Licharre in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. It is made from pasteurized sheep milk and pulp pressed, not cooked, then matured for seven weeks.
Etorki is produced in ten-inch by four-inch cylinders weighing ten pounds. Cheese critics describe Etorki as "smooth, supple, and velvety."