Pecorino sardo
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Other names | Fiore sardo |
Country of origin | Italy |
Region | Sardinia |
Source of milk | Sheep |
Texture | Hard |
Certification | DO: 1991 PDO: 1996 |
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Pecorino sardo[1] (Sardinian: berveghinu sardu; lit. 'Sardinian pecorino') is a firm cheese from the Italian island of Sardinia, made from sheep's milk, specifically from the milk of the local Sardinian breed. It was awarded denominazione d'origine (DO) status in 1991 and granted protected designation of origin (PDO) protection in 1996, the year in which this European Union certification scheme was introduced.[2]
Pecorino sardo is an uncooked hard cheese, made from fresh whole sheep's milk curdled using lamb or kid rennet. The mixture is poured into moulds that will give the cheese its characteristic shape. After a brief period in brine, the moulds are lightly smoked and left to ripen in cool cellars in central Sardinia. The average weight of the finished product is 3.5 kg (7.7 lb): sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less, depending on the conditions of manufacture. The rind varies from deep yellow to dark brown in colour and encases a paste that varies from white to straw-yellow. The sharpness of the flavour depends on the length of maturation. The young pecorino sardo is about a couple of months old; the mature type is more than six months old and needs strictly controlled temperature and humidity.[citation needed]
Pecorino sardo is not as well known outside Italy as romano or pecorino toscano, although a good deal of pecorino romano is actually made in Sardinia, as Sardinia is within romano's PDO area. Pecorino sardo can be processed further into casu martzu by the introduction of cheese fly maggots.
See also
Media related to Pecorino sardo at Wikimedia Commons
- List of Italian cheeses
- List of Italian DOP cheeses – food with protected designation of origin status
- Sardo – grating cow's milk cheese, an Argentine cheese
- Pecorino – hard Italian sheep's milk cheese
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