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Cheese from Spain, Extremadura, central-southern Cáceres province
Torta del Casar PDOTorta del Casar
Raw milk from Merino and Entrefino sheep is set with rennet made from wild cardoon flowers (Cynara cardunculus), cut to rice-grain size, pressed lightly and salted. It ripens at least 60 days in cool, damp rooms, where the plant rennet breaks the proteins down until the paste is soft to runny inside a firm ochre rind. Made in 6 steps over 2.1 months. The longest step, ripen until the paste runs, takes at least 2 months (Consejo Regulador DOP Torta del Casar / Minis…) and runs at 4–12 °C (Consejo Regulador DOP Torta del Casar / Minis…). Salt is up to 3 % (Consejo Regulador DOP Torta del Casar / Minis…). Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (the main lactic species in 22 cheeses) and Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Spontaneous lactic acid bacteria, which give most of the flavour do most of the fermenting.
No fixed amounts recordedThe specification fixes limits, not a recipe; the cardoon is used "in traditional doses". Cheeses weigh 200–500 g, 501–800 g or 801–1100 g.
Raw whole sheep milk · Merino and Entrefino sheep; not standardised; at least 11.0% cheese solids and 4.8% protein; pH 6.6–6.9; kept at 1–6 °C for at most 72 h[pliego-torta2023]
Cardoon rennet (Cynara cardunculus flowers) (traditional doses) · Natural, not extracted or standardised[pliego-torta2023]
Starter: none named in the specification; the raw-milk lactic bacteria do the souring
Total time across the recorded steps: 2.1 months
Start
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What changes:Starting material: raw Merino sheep milk, kept cold
Step 1 of 6
Collect and chill the raw milk
Time
up to 3 days
Set
Temperature
1–6 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
pH 6.6–6.9
Set
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
L. plantarum
L. mesenteroides
Lactic acid bacteria
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Torta del Casar is set with wild cardoon rennet, not animal rennet. The cardoon enzymes break the proteins down so strongly that the inside turns soft to runny, while most ewe cheeses of its family ripen firm. Its bitterness comes from the cardoon.
Milk
Raw whole milk from Merino and Entrefino sheep
Coagulant
Wild cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) rennet only
Ripening
At least 60 days at 4–12 °C
Size
Flat cylinder at least 7 cm across, height at most half the diameter; 200–500 g, 501–800 g or 801–1100 g; at least 50% dry matter and 50% fat in dry matter
This is a raw-milk soft cheese. ANSES advises pregnant women, young children, people over 65 and people with weak immunity not to eat raw-milk cheeses other than hard cooked ones. A 2026 study found some batches above the PDO pH limit, a reason given for more even souring.
Hazards the sources name: Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella and Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (risks ANSES names for raw-milk cheeses).
The 1791 Interrogatorios of the Royal Audiencia of Extremadura record cheese from the Cáceres area paying tithes, from flocks kept mainly for wool. As wool lost value, milk and cheese grew in importance. It was made in winter and spring at the shepherds' camps (majadas); controlled rooms now allow year-round making.