

Manteigaria Silva
Time Out says “The cured queijo da Serra cheese is the great treasure here. It shows how it is only possible to launch a project such as this with a lot of work, a lot of knowledge and, above all, a love of what you do.”
Recipe
Queijo da Serra Curado
The process by which cheeses from the Serra da Estrela are matured (curado) in the back of Manteigaria Silva, in Rossio, is almost magical. It only fails to quality as genuine magic because it can be seen by curious clients who make a point of peeping behind the counter, and because it demands technique, patience and a lot of work. The cheeses arrive from Celorico da Beira still in their soft state and are laid out on wooden boards inside a cold store with controlled humidity and temperature. After two to three months they are dipped in paprika oil. Two weeks later they are cleaned and left to cure for a further six or seven months, during which they are every day cleaned (by hand) to remove impurities (in the form of small black spots) and turned upside down. This process takes about two hours, given that we are talking about some 600 cheeses. After nine months they are put on sale.
Ingredients
– SOFT QUEIJO DA SERRA
– PAPRIKA OIL
