# The best cheeses of Asturias

Cabrales, Gamonéu, Afuega'l pitu and Casín: cheeses of the 'land of cheese', with 42 artisan varieties, four PDOs and one PGI.

- 15 votes · 18 items
- May 11, 2019 · jardinera_malaga
- https://even.best/en/l/3865/the-best-cheeses-of-asturias

## Top 18

1. **Cabrales** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Blue cheese ripened in Picos de Europa caves, PDO since 1981.
2. **Casín** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Kneaded cheese with an intense flavour, PDO since 2011.
3. **Cueva de Llonín** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cave-ripened blue cheese.
4. **La Peral** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mild, creamy blue cheese.
5. **Peñamellera** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soft cheese from eastern Asturias.
6. **Taramundi cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cow's cheese with walnuts.
7. **Abredo cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cheese from Coaña.
8. **Bota cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cheese aged in a skin or bladder, from Quirós.
9. **Vidiago cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cheese from Llanes.
10. **Porrúa cheese** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cheese from Llanes.
11. **Afuega'l pitu** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Gourd-shaped cow's cheese, white or red with paprika, PDO since 2008.
12. **Gamonéu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Smoked, lightly blue-veined cheese, PDO since 2003.
13. **Los Beyos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cheese from the Los Beyos gorge, with PGI.
14. **Monje Picón** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Blue cheese from Peñamellera Baja.
15. **Oscos cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Western cow's cheese from Grandas de Salime.
16. **Xenestoso cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cheese from Cangas del Narcea.
17. **Urbiés cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fermented, spicy cheese from Mieres.
18. **Pría cheese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cheese from eastern Asturias.

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