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Love your pecorino? Buy a whole wheel of Pecorino in Grotta – a smooth Tuscan pecorino coated with hay, and receive complimentary: a stylish wooden handle cheese plane from Vacca Rossa as well as 3 mini accompaniments.
Contains:
1 whole wheel of Pecorino in Grotta (approx 2.2kg)
3 x Mini Accompaniments
1 x Vacca Rossa Cheese Plane
All packed in a wooden cheese box with ribbon.
The cheese: This full-flavoured pecorino is matured the traditional way – on pine boards in a stone cellar, known as a grotta. It is coated with fresh hay when it is young to protect the cheese and to add a deep, complex grassy flavour that compliments the rich, buttery flavours of the sheep’s milk. The cheese develops a subtle savoury bite. It is smooth and even on the tongue, coating the entire palate with the flavours of the Tuscan countryside.
Region: Tuscany, Italy
Milk: Sheep
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