The Pecorino cheese

22/05/2018 - The cheese produced with sheep milk are called Pecorino. The Pecorino is one of the most spread and ancient cheese: In Italy there's a great variety of these, produced in different regions, mostly in the central and southern ones and in the islands (Sardinia and Sicily). The differentiates for the kind of milk, the processing techniques and the rennet used. The DOP denomination Italian pecorino: The Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Sardo, Pecorino Toscano and Pecorino Siciliano. The fresh pecorino have a delicate taste, while the aged ones have more intense aromatic and taste notes.

The pecorino is ideal mostly for fist courses as spaghetti alla carbonara, bucatini all'amatriciana or the cacio e pepe spaghetti.

It pairs very well with chestnut honey, served in slices with home made bread.

Articolo tratto da: OIP Editorial Department