Friesago

About this item

Friesago is the flagship cheese of Shepherd's Way Farms, the brainchild of head cheesemaker, Jodi Ohlsen Read. Her husband Stephen shepherds 225 sheep across the family's 43 acres. The Reads practice rotational grazing, leading herds of sheep, pigs, chickens, and ducks through the pastures to mimic the movement of migratory animals in the wild. The result is that no one patch of land gets overgrazed, and the herds redistribute grass seeds with their fertilizer.

Friesago is an merge between the Manchego and asiago styles, made with Friesian sheep milk. Friesago is a natural rind semi-aged sheep milk cheese with a dense texture and pleasantly mild flavor and a slightly nutty finish. Friesago has won multiple awards from the American Cheese Society. It is versatile both as a snacking and cooking cheese.

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Milk Type: Pasteurized Sheep Milk

Origin: Nerstrand, Minnesota 

Pairings: Strawberry preserves, cinnamon raisin bread, Chardonnay, Tempranillo