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Mel i Mató
Catalan fresh curd cheese finished with a generous drizzle of honey.
About Mel i Mató
Mel i Mató is a traditional Catalan dessert pairing fresh, unsalted curd cheese with honey. This profile follows Catalunya.com's cow's-milk and lemon-juice version, excluding its optional salt and walnuts.
The mató tastes mild, milky and delicately tangy, allowing floral honey to provide the dessert's clean sweetness. The contrast is light rather than rich or heavily sugared.
Soft white curds sit in a small mound beneath a glossy amber drizzle. The cheese is moist, tender and slightly grainy, while the honey remains fluid and smooth.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Mel i Mató
Catalunya.com's lemon-curdled Mel i Mató.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole cow’s milk:
- Lemon juice:
- Honey:
Origins & food traditions
Catalonia’s official tourism portal calls mel i mató one of the region’s most emblematic and simple desserts and supplies the complete milk, lemon and honey version; Catalan Food independently traces mató to medieval Catalan cooking and confirms its traditional service with honey.
Cuisines & regions
- Catalan Cuisine
- Andorran Catalan Pyrenean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Catalan CuisineCatalogue link pending review