Verified in San Sebastián.
Idiazabal is a signature dish of Spain; we have verified places to eat it in San Sebastián. Raw sheep-milk cheese aged 2 to 12 months from the Latxa and Carranzana breeds of the Basque highlands. Start with where to eat Idiazabal in San Sebastián.
Raw sheep-milk cheese aged 2 to 12 months from the Latxa and Carranzana breeds of the Basque highlands. Smoked or unsmoked, with a firm-but-yielding texture and intense lamb-meadow flavour. PDO since 1987.
Idiazabal cheese has been made in the Basque Country and Navarre highlands since pre-Roman times, traditionally by shepherds who smoked the cheese over beech and hawthorn wood to preserve it. The PDO classification covers cheese from raw milk of Latxa and Carranzana sheep only. La Vina del Ensanche, Ganbara and Atari Gastroteka all carry serious Idiazabal selections.
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Where to eat Idiazabal in San Sebastián: the editor picks
Day trip · 4 hours
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Guided tour · 2.5 hours
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