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Semi Hard Cheese
Asiago Fresco DOP
$5.08/100 gr
Asiago cheese, is one of the most loved Italian gastronomic specialties. It has a long story – it was first made in the year 1000 A.D.
Nowadays it is mostly produced in Veneto with whole cow’s milk. The milk is heated to a temperature of 35 ºC, then the rennet is added to it to form the “Cagliata”, this mixture is heated again and then salted and cut. The forms are left to refine for about 20/40 days.
It has a sweet and delicate taste, and it is usually served with white wine and as an appetizer before the main course. -
Aged Cheese
Bitto DOP – 600 gr,1 kg,1/4 Wheel (2.5 kg)
Although it is currently consumed “fresh”, Bitto cheese, that gets its name from one of the rivers running through the Valtellina, was traditionally ripened for up to 10 years. It is an exclusively alpine pasture cheese. The texture is hard and yellow, while the taste is intense, rich and dry with faint traces of grass and hay and pleasant undertones fresh cheese.
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Fresh Cheese
Buffalo Ricotta DOP 2x100gr – 6 pcs x case – 1.2 kg box
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
There is a two week waiting time before you receive your product. If you place your order before Saturday week 1, you will receive fresh buffalo ricotta between between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of week 3.
Orders placed after Sunday will be delivered 3 weeks later.
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Aged Cheese
Caciocavallo Lucano Pace e Becce – 2 kg to 2.2 kg wheel
$6.44/100 gr
Approximate size of wheel: between 2-2.2 kg.
This particular variety of Caciocavallo (considered the best and more noble example, defined by some as the Parmigiano Reggiano of the South) takes its name from the breed of cattle used for its production. The cows live in a free-range condition, feeding on strongly aromatic grasses such as wild fennel, liquorice and laurel bay whose perfumes are absorbed into the milk.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
Your product will be made fresh for you by our Italian producers.
- Orders placed Monday by 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) will be delivered between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of the following week.
- Orders placed from Monday after 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) to Sunday will be delivered two weeks later.
Due to the perishable nature of this item, orders do NOT ship over the weekend.
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Fresh Cheese
Caprino Cow 160 gr per pcs – 9 pcs x cs – 1.4 kg per box
Caprino goat, cows’ cheese is produced in Lombardy by Mauri.
Caprino Cow (80 gr x 2 logs)
Its production is simple. The milk is then heated to promote coagulation that takes place within 24 hours. Once the coagulation occurs, the curd is removed to a mold without milling. The molds sit for a period of 24 hours for the whey to drain out completely. The cheese is then salted and turned several times and then allowed to age depending on product desired.
It has a mellow goat flavor and a hint of spice in the finish.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Flavoured Cheese
Caseificio Preziosa Scamorza Smoked Cheese 270 g (9.5 oz) x 6 pack
Smoked stretched curd cheese. External appearance smooth and golden leather. Smooth and compact internal appearance. Golden color, delicate smoky scent and strong flavor. Smoking obtained in the traditional way, with natural smoke obtained from special certified sawdust.
You are placing a pre-order.
Your product will be made fresh for you by our Italian producers.
- Orders placed Monday by 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) will be delivered between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of the following week.
- Orders placed from Monday after 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) to Sunday will be delivered two weeks later.
Due to the perishable nature of this item, orders do NOT ship over the weekend
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Casera Valtellina DOP Cheese
$6.35/100 gr
This is the alter ego of ‘Bitto’ cheese, produced mainly in the autumn, winter and spring months is made exclusively on the alpine pastures. Like Bitto, it was awarded denomination of protected origin (DOP) status in 1995. It can be ripened with excellent results but it is often preferred fresh on its own or as an ingredient of traditional Valtellina recipes.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Fresh Cheese
Crescenza – Stracchino 250 gr – 8 pcs x cs – 2 kg box
$11.90/100 gr
Your product will be made fresh for you by our Italian producers.
- Orders placed Monday by 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) will be delivered between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of the following week.
- Orders placed from Monday after 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) to Sunday will be delivered two weeks later.
Due to the perishable nature of this item, orders do NOT ship over the weekend.
Crescenza fresh cheese is a known Italian cow’s milk product, typical of the Northern Italy provinces including Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria. It’s consumed very young. It has no rind and its texture is extremely soft, creamy and delicate in flavour. Crescenza is also known as “Stracchino” another name used to recognize this superb, multi-use fresh Italian cheese.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Fresh Cheese
Crescenza – Stracchino 1 kg – 2 pcs x cs – 2 kg box
$11.90/100 gr
Your product will be made fresh for you by our Italian producers.
- Orders placed Monday by 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) will be delivered between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of the following week.
- Orders placed from Monday after 2 p.m. (EST/EDT) to Sunday will be delivered two weeks later.
Due to the perishable nature of this item, orders do NOT ship over the weekend.
Crescenza fresh cheese is a known Italian cow’s milk product, typical of the Northern Italy provinces including Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria. It’s consumed very young. It has no rind and its texture is extremely soft, creamy and delicate in flavour. Crescenza is also known as “Stracchino” another name used to recognize this superb, multi-use fresh Italian cheese.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Montasio DOP – 100 gr
$6.16
The most famous cheese from Friuli whose origins line in the Montasio alpine, but which is currently produced throughout the region and in a number of Veneto provinces. The taste is sweet with traces of spices – depending on the aging period this intensity increases or decreases according to the length of ripening.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Pecorino Romano DOP – 600 gr,1 kg,1/4 Wheel (5 kg)
$6.25/100gr
Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty, Italian cheese, often used for grating. Made with sheep’s milk, the name pecorino simply means “of sheep” in Italian.
Despite its name, today’s production of Pecorino Romano is mainly in Sardinia and only a small amount is made in Lazio (although this cheese’s origins lie in the Roman countryside) and. It is most well known as a cheese to be grated and can be ripened over long periods of time thanks to the high level of salt. Nonetheless, it is also excellent as a table cheese.
Its denomination of protected origin (DOP) status is one of the oldest in Italy as it was awarded in 1955.
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Aged Cheese
Pecorino Sheep Cheese in Walnut Leaves – 400gr
A compact white cheese made from sheep’s milk, with a slightly sharp flavour, aromatized by fragrances of walnut leaves.
After an initial aging period of two months, carefully selected shapes of cheese are matured for another 60 days between layers of freshly gathered walnut leaves. The fermentation and enzymatic processes reactivated by this method give the cheese a unique flavour and aroma.
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Aged Cheese
Pecorino Sheep Cheese with Saffron and Black Pepper – 100 gr
$7.95
A hard sheep’s milk cheese, intense yellow in colour due to the presence of saffron. The flavor is accentuated by black pepper grains in cheese.
Its most obvious characteristic is the abundant addition of wild saffron to the curd, giving it a unique colour and flavour. The sheep used for its production feed mainly on a leguminous plant, which confers its own distinctive flavour to the milk.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Semi Hard Cheese
Piemont Toma DOP Cheese – 100gr
$5.87
More than having a single, precisely defined characteristic, Piedmont Toma represents a family of products with a variety of characteristics. They range from the use of both whole milk and skimmed milk and ample freedom of size and external aspect. One thing is certain however: the milk must be exclusively cow’s milk.
This is a certified DOP cheese.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Flavoured Cheese
Primo Sale with pistachio – 100 gr
$6.08
Pistachio is one of the most classic additions for pecorino. This cheese is made from fresh Italian sheep’s milk and an addition of pistachio. The thin white rind sparkled with pistachio keeps safe the well balanced interior with its special taste of milk and pistachio nuts.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Puzzone di Moena DOP – 100 gr
$8.27
The name of this cheese derives from its extraordinarily strong aroma. It is ripened in caves with a high level of humidity which increases the fermentation of the cheese. In fact, the Latin name ‘Spretz Tzaorì’, meaning ‘tasty cheese’, is used as well as the name ‘Moena Stinker’.
It belongs to one of the numerous families of Trento cheeses, ‘nostrani di casello’.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Fresh Cheese
Robiola di Pura Capra (Goat Milk) 250 gr approx. – 6 pcs x case – 1.5 kg Box
$11.21/100 grRobiola Pura Capra is a product of excellent quality, ideal for preparations based on fresh cheese. Its production takes place from February/March to October in the Langhe region – an area suited to goat breeding and the production of this type of robiola.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Semi Hard Cheese
Robiola Oro Cheese – 100 gr
$6.22
Avg. size per piece between 200/300 gr
This cheese has a wide geographical production, produced in two different versions.
Robiola Oro, presented here, is the one that is less aged of the two, but despite it, this variety has its own personality for the quality of basic milk – cattle fed with hay and its process of refining focuses on delivering one superb cheese!
It has a yellow clear and soft paste. White flowered rind is edible.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Salva Cremasco DOP – 100 gr
$6.61
The name derives from the fact that it was once produced to ‘save’ (“salvare”) excess milk – in particular that already used for extracting the cream in order to make butter – from the animals feeding in the rich water meadows in southern Lombardy. This cheese is compact, dry, and the colour is ivory with few holes.
The taste is fresh and sharp with more aromatic traces when ripened at length.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Sicilian Pecorino with Black Peppercorns
$6.30/100 grA typical and very popular Sicilian handmade hard cheese, Pecorino Pepato is a gourmet sheep’s milk cheese studded with peppercorns.
This hard pecorino combined with whole black peppercorns; Pepato is matured for a minimum of 4 months to perfection. Like many of the world’s classic cheeses, Pepato originated as a staple of the peasant’s diet. Today, it is enjoyed by all people – rich and poor.
It has a lovely, slightly pungent, and intense smell. With its characteristic spicy taste, Pepato is a tasty table cheese that is also perfect for grating. Grate it over soups, salads, and pastas. It is an exciting alternative to the more common pecorino!
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
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Aged Cheese
Sicilian Sheep milk with chili pepper – 100 gr
$5.77
It is a fresh cheese made from raw and whole sheep’s milk. It takes on a spicy taste and persistent aroma, thanks to the short maturation of 10 days. The rind is soft and wrinkled, the paste is soft but compact, with minimal holes.
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Aged Cheese
Sicilian Sheep Pecorino with Peppercorns – 100 gr
$5.95
Pecorino cheese with black peppercorns is a cheese of long Sicilian tradition. While some say that the original recipe included not just the black peppercorns in the cheeses’ inner core, but the skin was also lined with chopped black pepper – a different processing that allows to flavor the cheese, protecting it at the same time, avoiding the “discomfort” of eating pepper grains.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.