El Pendo Cheese Farm
El Pendo Cheese Farm
El Pendo is a family-run cheese farm, owned by two brothers, Andrés and Luis Pérez Portilla. They produce artisanal cheese, carefully crafting each wheel so that everyone who tastes it can enjoy “cheese just as it was meant to be.”
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Escobedo de Camargo, Cantabria
Discover more about us
We are Andrés and Luis Pérez Portilla, and the story of Granja Quesería El Pendo began in 2018, but since childhood we have had a very special and close connection to livestock farming as a family.
We opted for Jersey cattle because their milk is the closest we could find to sheep’s milk, which is how we started, allowing us to take advantage of all the knowledge acquired over so many years in the production of our cheeses.
Our cattle farm is located in Cacicedo de Camargo, and our sheep farm and cheese factory are located in Escobedo de Camargo.
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Products
El Pendo Cheese Farm
Bria
It’s a soft, raw Jersey cow’s milk cheese with a naturally moldy rind where the mold is much more visible than on other types of cheese. Its flavor has fresh, lactic, and damp forest notes, and it melts in the mouth and at room temperature, making it ideal for eating straight or for cooking.
Tipo
Cow's milk cheese
Formato
250/350 gr
Otros Datos
1 month aging
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El Pendo Cheese Farm
Carburo
It’s a soft, pasteurized cow’s milk cheese with a light smokiness, achieved by smoking it before it matures and develops the mold that covers its rind. The milk flavor is clearly present, along with more acidic notes and its characteristic smoky taste.
Tipo
Cow's milk cheese
Formato
1 kg
Otros Datos
1/3 months
Notas
Ingredientes
Premios / Sellos
Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards 2019 Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards 2022
El Pendo Cheese Farm
See You Soon
A semi-cooked, pressed-curd cheese made with raw cow’s milk from our own herd. Aged on natural wood boards, it has a natural rind developed with molds we cultivate ourselves. Its distinctive yellow color comes from the Jersey cow’s milk, and its aroma is sweet with notes of nuts and floral hints. It’s an easy-to-eat cheese that keeps very well.
Tipo
Cow's milk cheese
Formato
4 Kg
Otros Datos
4-6 months maturation
Notas
Ingredientes
Premios / Sellos
Medalla de Oro World Cheese Awards 2025 Medalla de Bronce World Cheese Awards 2024
Experiences
Awards and recognitions
World Cheese Awards Silver Medal 2018
Peñajorao Cheese
World Cheese Awards Bronze Medal in 2019
Carburo Cheese
World Cheese Awards Bronze Medal in 2021
Peñajorao Cheese
World Cheese Awards Bronze Medals in 2022
Peñajorao and Carburo Cheese
World Cheese Awards Bronze Medals in 2023
Carburo Cheese
World Cheese Awards Silver Medal in 2024
Peñajorao and Nos Veremos Cheese
