A Cabrales cheese, aged in a cave for 10 months, received top marks in a competition in Spain and earned a Guinness World Record when it was auctioned for $42,232. The pricey 5-pound cheese, created by Ángel Díaz Herrero Cheese Factory, was sold to Iván Suárez (pictured above), owner of the restaurant El Llagar de Colloto in Asturias, Spain. Cabrales is made from unpasteurized cow, goat and sheep’s milk and aged in natural limestone caves that are 5,000 feet above sea level. The process gives the cheese a unique spicy and salty flavor, as well as its distinctive greenish-blue hue. The event started with the 52nd annual “Best Cheese” competition, Mejor Queso del Certamen, where a jury tastes and ranks cheeses made by 15 different factories. As is tradition, the winning cheese then gets auctioned off to the highest bidder.
