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Papavero – Sheep’s Milk with Poppy Flowers – 380 – 500 gr
$42.00
Each wheel is between 380 – 500 gr.
A straw-coloured cheese that flakes slightly when cut. The flavour is persistent with a slight scent of herbs and flowers.
This is a pre-order cheese and waiting period to receive it is approximately 2 weeks.
Availability: 5 in stock
Made with sheep’s milk pasteurised at 72°C, cooling at 32° – 35°C. Cheese cultures are added and mixture is left to ferment, after which rennet is added and the mixture coagulates. The curd is broken up and drained into moulds. The cheese is then brined and dried in a cold room at 6° – 8°C. It is aged for over 100 days in virgin beech crates with poppy flowers so that it maintains its softness, fragrance and intense scent.
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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.
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$186.65 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page$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.
