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Locatelli is the brand name for a very high quality romano cheese. Romano is a grating cheese used alone or in combination with Parmesan. Romano cheese is very, very sharp. Locatelli romano is made from sheep`s milk. Some people call it pecorino cheese which simply means sheep`s milk cheese. Not all pecorino cheeses have the quality of Locatelli. In this case, there is really something to be said for the brand name.
Aged for a minimum of nine months, this cheese is hard and dense. It is pale yellow in color, with a black paper rind bearing the name Locatelli. Grate this cheese and serve it over pasta, soups, and salads. As a dessert, serve it chunked, drizzled with honey, and paired with ripe pears.
Cacio Di Bosco al Tartufo is a Tuscan cheese made from sheep`s milk. It is studded with tiny specks of truffles and is pure heaven to eat. The long maturation balances the taste of pecorino with the strong taste of truffle, and it has a friable and slightly sour paste. The ingredients blend together superbly, making for a beautiful balance between garlicky truffle and nutty, sweet, almost caramelized aged sheep`s milk. This delicious cheese is firm, smooth, and oily, dotted with big flecks of truffle. It is refreshing as a table cheese and also shreds well to top risotto
Created by Antonio Carpenedo, Perla Grigia, which translates as “gray pearl”, is the original truffle cheese preserved under ash, or sotto cenere in Italian. This cow’s milk cheese, produced in Veneto, is quite soft and smooth with the distinct characteristic of actual small slices of black truffle incorporated into the paste. Its rind is rubbed with a mixture of beechwood ash and spices that allows the cheese to remain soft and gives it its gorgeous, pearly appearance. Unique and unforgettable, Perla Grigia is exceptional as a table cheese and also possesses a beautiful melting quality that makes it perfect for use in the preparation of many dishes. The history of this company began in early 1900 when Ernest Carpenedo began working as a “casoin” (a dialect term meaning a cheese seller) in a little shop in the village of Preganziol (TV). From these humble beginnings, Ernesto’s son and founder of La Casearia, Antonio Carpenedo, became one of the first cheese affineurs in Italy and today he runs the business with his son Alessandro. “The cheeses of the Antonio Carpendedo cellar” are not only appreciated around Europe but overseas as well.
A soft, blue cheese made with uncooked cow’s whole milk . Its name is that of a small town in Lombardy near Milan, where it is said to have been born in the twelfth century in order to retrieve a forgotten curd of the day before. Gorgonzola Dolce is a soft cheese, with a homogeneous distribution of its mainly blue coloured veins.
Grana Padano is an Italian semi-fat, hard cheese with a finely grained texture. It is pale yellow in color and has a delicate flavor. It is made from top quality milk from cows that have been fed and raised under strict guidelines. Grana Padano is a registered trademark name given to cheese that is made in certain geographical regions of Italy.
Grana Padano is considered an excellent grating cheese, which makes it a great complement to many foods, such as salads and pasta. Grana Padano is very similar to Parmigiano-Reggiano but has been aged for less time and has a more delicate flavor.
Wine Pairing:
Pair with a fine Italian Brut or Vino Lugano for white; a Barolo or Brunello for red. For a longer aged (over two years) Grana Padano, you can pair it with a fortified wine such as Marsala Soleras.
Serving Suggestion:
Serve this cheese as a table cheese with nuts or grapes; or grate it over pasta and other dishes.
These are very specially selected wheels of the very finest Grana Padano, which then are carefully extra aged for a minimum of 22 to 24 months. The result is an extraordinary cheese that is very fragrant and intense while still retaining its special delicate, fruity and light characteristics. Each cheese is one of a kind, labeled with the unmistakable seal ORO DEL TEMPO with the serial number of the dairy, the place of origin, the month of production and the number assigned to the product, all which guarantees the utmost quality of the product.