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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Sicilian Pecorino with Black Peppercorns
$6.30/100 grA typical and very popular Sicilian handmade hard cheese, Pecorino Pepato is a gourmet sheep’s milk cheese studded with peppercorns.
This hard pecorino combined with whole black peppercorns; Pepato is matured for a minimum of 4 months to perfection. Like many of the world’s classic cheeses, Pepato originated as a staple of the peasant’s diet. Today, it is enjoyed by all people – rich and poor.
It has a lovely, slightly pungent, and intense smell. With its characteristic spicy taste, Pepato is a tasty table cheese that is also perfect for grating. Grate it over soups, salads, and pastas. It is an exciting alternative to the more common pecorino!
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Pecorino with Saffron and black pepper – 250g
This particular golden looking cheese is made from Sicilian ewe’s milk only, in the city of Enna, created by mixing saffron stems and whole black whole peppercorns.
The saffron is added during the curd making, along with black pepper, in order to have the maximum extraction of color and spicy taste.
It has an intense and characteristic flavor with traces of saffron and pepper. It is usually paired with young red and white wines, spicy pear and apple mustard, fresh broad beans and peas and bread.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Pecorino Sheep Cheese with Saffron and Black Pepper – 100 gr
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A hard sheep’s milk cheese, intense yellow in colour due to the presence of saffron. The flavor is accentuated by black pepper grains in cheese.
Its most obvious characteristic is the abundant addition of wild saffron to the curd, giving it a unique colour and flavour. Â The sheep used for its production feed mainly on a leguminous plant, which confers its own distinctive flavour to the milk.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Fontina DOP Classic Cheese – 1/4 wheel (approx. 2.5 kg), full wheel (approx. 8 kg)
$7.87/100 gr
A well-known and characteristic Valle d’Aosta cheese used in the recipes for fondues from this region.
It’s made with the milk from indigenous, black and brown patched cows. The alpine pasture productions or, at least, those safeguarding the artisan traditions, stand out amongst the variety of products which are currently on the market, ranging from medium to low quality.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.