Ossau-Iraty
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ossau-Iraty is referenced by 175 other articles, and connects out to brie, French Basque Country and appellation d'origine contrôlée.
It is catalogued under topics including Basque cuisine, Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union and French cheeses.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Cheese.name
- Ossau-Iraty
- Cheese.image
- 250px
- Cheese.country
- France
- Cheese.regiontown
- French Basque Country
- Cheese.source
- Ewe
- Cheese.pasteurized
- No
- Cheese.texture
- Medium firm
- Cheese.aging
- 80 or 120 days minimum, by weight
- Cheese.certification
- AOC 1980, PDO
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- French cheese
- Named after
- Irati Forest
- Country
- France
- Area
- 650000
- Country of origin
- France
- Material used
- sheep milk
- Image
- Fromages Ossau-Iraty 003.jpg
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- product certification
- Protected designation of origin
- location of creation
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Commons category
- Ossau-Iraty
- total produced
- 4359
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Origin
- AOC status
- Production
- Description
- See also
- References
Ossau-Iraty () is a Basque cheese made from sheep's milk.
==Origin== Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in Béarn and the Irati Forest in the Basque Country.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ossau-Iraty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.