Made with sheep’s milk pasteurised at 72°C, cooling at 32° – 35°C. Cheese cultures are added and mixture is left to ferment, after which rennet is added and the mixture coagulates. The curd is broken up and drained into moulds. Then the cheese is brined and dried in a cold room at 6° – 8°C. It is aged for over 60 days in virgin fir crates with chamomile flowers so that it maintains its softness, fragrance and intense scent.
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Camomilla – Sheep’s Milk with Camomile Flowers – 400 gr
$44.95
A white cheese with smooth texture, which tends to become creamier with maturation. Aging with chamomile flowers gives it a unique softness.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Pecorino Monaci – Sheep’s milk with beeswax full wheel
Made with sheep’s milk pasteurised at 72°C, cooling at 32°-35°C.
Cheese cultures are added and mixture is left to ferment, after which rennet is added and the mixture coagulates.
The curd is broken up and drained into moulds.
The cheese is then brined and dried in a cold room at 6°- 8°C. Final stage of maturation in a cold room at 8°C for about 30 days and then it’s covered with beeswax.
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Flavoured Cheese
Pecorino Ginepro – Sheep’s Milk Cheese with Juniper – 400 gr
$44.95
Colour of cheese rind tending to dark burgundy, grainy texture that is slightly chalky and snow-white, its perfume and flavour remind you of products with treated rind.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Flavoured Cheese
Argilla – Sheep’s Milk Cheese in Red Clay – 400 gr.
$14.32/100 gr
Cheese with a smooth, compact paste, buttery in the mouth, processed using traditional methods with the addition of selected starters. Milky white paste, silky in the mouth, aftertaste with a slight hint of goat’s milk.
Each wheel is between 380 – 450 gr.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Semi Hard Cheese
Sila Provola Calabria – 100 gr
$ 5.00
This artisan made cheese has a compact, elastic, yellow inner paste with very few holes. It has a sweet and intense taste.
‘Provola’, or ‘provolone’ derive from the word ‘prova’ (test) – the sample of curd that was immersed in water to establish if the latter was hot enough for stringing out the paste. Unlike its name suggests, this cheese is produced many southern Italian regions.
You are placing a pre-order.
Your product will be made fresh for you by our Italian producers.
- Orders placed Monday by 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) will be delivered between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of the following week.
- Orders placed from Monday after 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) to Sunday will be delivered two weeks later.
Due to the perishable nature of this item, orders do NOT ship over the weekend.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.