Truffle-flavoured Ewe's · Tuscany
Pecorino à la truffe
By Caseificio Maremma · Tuscany, Italy
Tuscan Pecorino ewe's milk cheese studded with truffle: pale semi-hard paste with black truffle flecks, earthy and musky aromas. A spectacular centrepiece for the cheeseboard, sliced or shaved.
Ewe's milkMilk
TruffleAroma
Semi-hardPaste
TuscanyRegion
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ITasting notes
Profile
Intensity
MildIntense
Length
ShortLong
Truffle
SubtlePronounced
Saltiness
Lightly saltedSalty
Tasting
Appearance
Pale paste flecked with black truffle, natural rind.
Aroma
Truffle, earthy.
On the palate
Ewe's milk and truffle, unctuous, lingering.
Aromas
TruffleEarthyMuskyEwe's milk
Pairings
CheeseboardShaved over pasta / risottoScrambled eggsStructured reds
IIIThe producer
Caseificio Maremma (Spadi Fortunato, Follonica, Grosseto, Tuscany).
VSpecifications
- Origin
- Tuscany, Italy
- Format
- ~1.3 kg wheel
- Packaging
- By weight
- Storage
- Refrigerated (2–4 °C)
- Reference
- FRO-029
Information
- Milk
- Ewe's milk, pasteurised
- Paste type
- Pressed, semi-hard, with truffle flecks
- Ageing
- Medium
- Raw / pasteurised milk
- Pasteurised
- Appellation
- Unprotected (flavoured pecorino)
The cheese