Gastronomy

- Cheeses and cheese dairies

The variety and quality of cheeses that can be found in the Picos de Europa are surprising. Each area has its own particular way of making artisan cheeses and the refining in caves makes Cabrales, Picón, blue Valdeón and Gamoneu famous. To enjoy a cheese board in a restaurant is a pleasure, a window to the senses.

We can also visit a cheese factory to learn more about these delicacies, to know what types of milk they use, how they smoke and cure the cheeses. A visit to a cheese factory will give us another way of seeing the product that is cheese, as well as interacting with the cheese makers, which will also enrich our experience.

- Homemade desserts

If talking about Picos de Europa and its cheeses goes together, we have to think that homemade desserts are central in the gastronomy of the area, where milk and eggs play a fundamental role. It is always necessary to leave a gap in the stomach to get to dessert in good condition and thus be able to enjoy a rice pudding, a cheesecake, casadielles, frixuelos, quesadas, egg flan, lebaniegos lamb's lettuce...