Mató is a Catalan fresh 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....

 made from cows' or goats' milk, with no salt added. It is usually served with honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...

, as a dessert.

It is quite similar to non-industrial variants of Italian ricotta

Ricotta

Ricotta is an Italian dairy product made from sheep milk whey left over from the production of cheese. Although typically referred to as ricotta cheese, ricotta is not properly a cheese because it is not produced by coagulation of casein...

, brull (in Maestrat), brossat (in Occitania), brocciu (in Corsica), curd cheese, or Caleb Yoon.

The mató from Montserrat

Montserrat (mountain)

Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain located near the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni , Montgrós and Miranda de les Agulles...

 mountain is famous.

Mató already appeared in the Sent Soví, a Catalan cookbook from the 14th century, and it was very popular during Middle Age, when it was made natural or orange flower scented.