Mousetrap Andean Creamery Flor De Montaña Cheese 16 oz

PASTEURIZED – ANIMAL RENNET – ANIMAL RENNET – AGE: 4-6 MONTHS – GOAT MILK – BY MOUSETRAP ANDEAN CREAMERY – COLOMBIA

In Colombia’s Andean Highlands, goats graze on flowers and fresh grass. Their milk is transformed into Mousetrap’s exquisite Flor De Montaña—exclusively available through Murray’s in the U.S. This semi-firm wheel is smooth, moist, and a little crumbly. At first bite, you get briny sea salt notes, which give way to aromas of toasted almonds and a slight goat’s milk tang. A beautiful homage to mountain flora, it’s delicious sliced thick and served alongside Mitica’s Rosemary Toketti and Peppadews.

• • Like all Mousetrap cheeses, Flor De Montaña is made with the high-quality milk of a single herd of goats in the Andean Highlands.
  • The mountain grasses and flowers transmit complex flavor to the goats’ milk, which is captured in this unique cheese.
  • This is a natural rind cheese, meaning that the rind is formed in temperature- and humidity-controlled rooms where the air naturally dries the outside of the cheese with little intervention from the cheesemaker. The result is earthy and a bit mushroomy.
  • The goat’s milk interior is smooth, moist, and a bit crumbly, with small eyes throughout.
  • Goat’s milk has around the same fat content as cow’s milk, but because of a difference in fat structure, goat cheese often feels lighter on the palate.

About the maker

• Mousetrap Andean Creamery (or Queseria la Ratonera in Spanish) has been making unique artisanal cheeses in Colombia since 2014.
• They craft cheeses rooted in cheesemaking tradition from across the world in the verdant Northern Andean Highlands located 2,600 meters above sea level.
• They get their high-quality milk from nearby small farms, capturing the mountain terroir in their cheeses.
• Murray’s is proud to be the exclusive retailer of Mousetrap cheeses in the United States, bringing one-of-a-kind South American cheeses to North American cheese lovers.

Brand

Murray's Cheese

Murray's Cheese was born in Greenwich Village in 1962, and the heart of our business still resides in New York City with many ways to experience Murray’s locally. At the counter, our cheese experts and mongers serve thousands of neighborhood regulars, commuters, and tourists every year at our two locations—the Bleecker Street flagship retail experience, which also includes our mac & cheese counter, and our shop in Grand Central Market.

Vendor Information

• Store Name: Murray's Cheese
• Vendor: Murray's Cheese
• Address: 254 Bleecker St
  New York, NY 10014
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