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Sardinian Cheeses

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Pecorino Romano

Sardinia, Italy
4.5

This hard cooked cheese is made with whole milk from pasture-grazed sheep, and has a particularly salty and slightly piquant flavor. Aged for at least 5 months, Pecorino Romano makes an excellent table cheese, particularly when combined with fresh... READ MORE

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Pecorino Sardo

Sardinia, Italy
4.6

Produced exclusively on the island of Sardinia, Pecorino Sardo is a semi-cooked, hard cheese made with whole milk from the pasture-grazing Sarda sheep. This breed is indigenous to Sardinia, raised throughout Italy and considered to be amo... READ MORE

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Fiore Sardo

Sardinia, Italy
4.2

Produced only on the Italian island of Sardinia, where the traditions of sheep farming and cheesemaking can be traced back to 1000 BCE, Fiore Sardo is a hard cheese made from whole sheep’s milk from local breeds. After six months of... READ MORE

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Casu Marzu

Sardinia, Italy
2.5

IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL AND CONSUME THIS CHEESE DUE TO HEALTH RISKS. Casu marzu is a controversial Italian sheep’s milk cheese originating from Sardinia. The cheese is derived from the Pecorino family of cheeses and has a sof... READ MORE

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Primo Sale

Sardinia, Italy
3.8

Produced on Sicily and Sardinia, Primo sale is an Italian cheese made from sheep's milk. Its texture is crunchy, with irregular eyes, while the aromas are pungent and the flavors are herbaceous, slightly tangy, and milky. It is believed t... READ MORE

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Casu axedu

Sardinia, Italy
n/a

Casu axedu is an Italian cheese hailing from Sardinia. The cheese is made from sheep's or goat's milk. After the curd has been shaped, it's often left to drain for 2 days before it's placed into brine, where it can stay conserved for a lo... READ MORE

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Calcagno

Sardinia, Italy
n/a

Calcagno is a traditional cheese produced on Sardinia and Sicily. The cheese is made from sheep's milk and ages from 3 to 10 months. It's produced by adding black peppercorns to the curd, and then the cheeses are drained in baskets and sa... READ MORE

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Caggiu de crabittu

Sardinia, Italy
n/a

Caggiu de crabittu is a traditional Sardinian goat cheese made from the abomasum of a young goat (kid) and goat milk. The kid must be fed exclusively on its mother’s milk from birth until slaughter. Before slaughter, the kid continues to suc... READ MORE

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Capridor

Sardinia, Italy
n/a

Capridor is a semi-hard Italian cheese originating from Sardinia. It is made from goat’s milk and matures for about three months. Its edible rind is moldy, while the texture is compact and soft, and the body is straw yellow in color... READ MORE

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Axridda

Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Italy
n/a

Axridda, also called su casu cun s’axridda is a Sardinian cheese made either with raw sheep milk or a combination of sheep and goat milk, and either calf, lamb, or goat kid rennet. Nowadays it is mainly produced in the area... READ MORE