Extraordinary Food of Distinctive Quality
Preserving cheese in walnut leaves is in keeping with the tradition of the Siena area’s forefathers who used this method to preserve Pecorino during the warm months. The protection offered by the leaves allows this pasteurized sheeps’ milk cheese to age slowly, taking on strong and antique flavor characteristics that are long forgotten among other Pecorinos. Serve with honey.
| Item No. | Size | Pack |
|---|---|---|
| ML082 | 1.2kg | 6 |
Pasteurized sheep’s milk, rennet, salt
Salcis Formaggi ~ Born and Tied to Tuscan Tradition Located in Siena, S.A.L.C.I.S. was founded in 1941 as a cooperative to unify pork butchers facing restrictions during WWII. Then, in the 1960s, one of the original members of S.A.L.C.I.S., Armando Morbidi, saw the possibility for a rebranded version of the coop into a family company “SALCIS” also began production of the traditional sheep’ milk…
Reverence for Land at SALCIS “Pasture is the main resource of our sheep,” says Antonio Morbidi, current president and third generation of the Morbidi family to operate SALCIS. “To continue having the highest quality of milk, it’s necessary to keep the earth as it has been left from our fathers.” Located in Siena in the Tuscany region of Italy, SALCIS…