Pecorino Crotonese

Even though it looks a lot like Pecorino Toscano, apart from being produced in two different Italian regions, these two aged semi-firm sheep milk cheeses both have their own specific flavor profile. Every Pecorino has that famous sweet and salty flavor, but unlike the similarly aged Tuscan version, the earthy flavored Crotonese is known to have an aroma with more sheepiness to it, and a pronounced citrus note.

This Calabrian cheese is named after the city and province of Crotone, where it is being produced mainly between the months of January and June when sheep's milk is of the best quality and most abundant. Pecorino Crotonese is aged in wicker baskets which leave quite distinctive hatch marks on its rind.