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Valtellina Casera DOP
Code: VAL-31102
Raw material:
Cow’s milk classified as medium in fat
Shape & Texture:
The rind is hard and its colour is golden. The paste is hard and its colour is straw to golden. The paste is compact with eyes scattered across
Taste:
The taste is delicate, sweet, creamy, round, pleasant and buttery. The aftertaste is round, sweet with hints of flowers, mushrooms and fruits. Sometimes with a bitter finish.
How to enjoy:
In is the basic ingredient of Pizzoccheri and is used to fill Sciatt, stuffed buckwheat pancakes. Best teamed with a red Sassella Negri.
Curiosity:
The production of this cheese goes back to 1500 when groups of farmers established a sort of time sharing cooperatives and save on investments and efforts
Region:
Lombardy, Italy
Ageing:
Long-matured (more than 6 months)
Weight:
2 kg
