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Aged Cheese
Bitto DOP – 600 gr,1 kg,1/4 Wheel (2.5 kg)
Although it is currently consumed “fresh”, Bitto cheese, that gets its name from one of the rivers running through the Valtellina, was traditionally ripened for up to 10 years. It is an exclusively alpine pasture cheese. The texture is hard and yellow, while the taste is intense, rich and dry with faint traces of grass and hay and pleasant undertones fresh cheese.
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Aged Cheese
Pecorino Cheese with Truffle Moliterno – 100 gr
$9.86
This is a tasty cheese with genuine ingredients – made from sheep’s milk with the addition of truffle “veins” predominantly found in the cheese’s paste, giving it a unique and unmistakable fragrance and flavour.
The interior is delicious and firm, tipical of the pecorino cheese and the distinctive aroma is given by the presence of truffle pieces.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Pecorino Romano DOP – 600 gr,1 kg,1/4 Wheel (5 kg)
$6.25/100gr
Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty, Italian cheese, often used for grating. Made with sheep’s milk, the name pecorino simply means “of sheep” in Italian.
Despite its name, today’s production of Pecorino Romano is mainly in Sardinia and only a small amount is made in Lazio (although this cheese’s origins lie in the Roman countryside) and. It is most well known as a cheese to be grated and can be ripened over long periods of time thanks to the high level of salt. Nonetheless, it is also excellent as a table cheese.
Its denomination of protected origin (DOP) status is one of the oldest in Italy as it was awarded in 1955.
Its taste is flavourful, intense and piquant. -
Aged Cheese
Pecorino Sheep Cheese with Saffron and Black Pepper – 100 gr
$7.95
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. 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.