- Source: Paipa cheese
Paipa cheese is a semi-hard, semi-fat, and semi-aged cheese produced solely in the Valley of Sogamoso, which includes the towns of Paipa and Sotaquirá (Boyacá Department), due to its protected denomination of origin status granted by the Colombian government.
History
Paipa cheese is the reinvention of Reinoso cheese from the region and has been made for more than 100 years. Its history is related to haciendas in Boyacá.
Its name is due to the municipality of Paipa, where it was sold on market days to travelers and passers.
See also
List of cheeses
References
External links
Diversity of the fungal microbiote of the Paipa cheese manufactured in Pacho, Cundinamarca, by Alfredo López Molinello, Food Engineering Research Group. University of La Salle. Bogota Colombia. Rev. ion vol.24 no.1 Bucaramanga Jan./June 2011
Recetas con Queso Paipa - Campo Real (in Spanish)
