Panquehue (cheese)
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Panquehue is a semi-soft Chile
an cheese
produced in the Andean
Aconcagua
region. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Chile, it is similar in taste to Tilsit
and often has chives or red pepper
flakes mixed in. In 2005, it became the first Chilean cheese imported into the United States
as part of the free-trade agreement.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
produced in the Andean
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
Aconcagua
Aconcagua
Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at . It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the...
region. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Chile, it is similar in taste to Tilsit
Tilsit cheese
Tilsit cheese or Tilsiter cheese is a light yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The original buildings from the cheese plant still exist in Sovetsk, Russia, formerly Tilsit, on the Neman...
and often has chives or red pepper
Capsicum
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Its species are native to the Americas where they have been cultivated for thousands of years, but they are now also cultivated worldwide, used as spices, vegetables, and medicines - and have become are a key element in...
flakes mixed in. In 2005, it became the first Chilean cheese imported into the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as part of the free-trade agreement.