Pecorino Lavandino
Sheep cheese refined in terracotta jars with lavender flowers
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Lavandino is a sheep cheese refined with fresh lavender flowers, inside a terracotta jar in our underground caves.
Definitely a cheese that is outside the box, born from imagination and chance, produced in 2017 for the first time with a circulation of only 30 units.
And the tradition of producing it in a limited edition has remained for us, only once a year, when it is the lavender flowering period, we go to collect the flowers, each time in a different place, to try to find the best lavender, as an ingredient, which can characterize and make the most of this type of refinement.
The 2023 production, the lavender used was harvested in the hot month of August, at Podere La Villa di San Giovanni d’Asso in Montalcino (SI), where together with the owner Domitilla we chose the most beautiful flowers to refine our prized cheese.
The manufacturing process consists of inserting the pecorino cheese, previously matured in the cave for at least three months, together with the lavender flowers into the terracotta jars. It then remains closed in the container, in our underground caves, in the dark, for the period necessary to give the cheese the desired characteristic. Only the master refiner knows when the right time to remove it is, sometimes a month can be enough, other times it takes even more than two months, because the lavender is not the same every year, so the ability to understand the right moment is fundamental of maturation.
The result we obtained on this cheese is an intense and characteristic smell of lavender in the rind, which also strongly characterizes the under rind.
This is another of our rare cheeses, given that it is only available during this period of the year and it is advisable to reserve it in the month of August, or in any case by the time it comes out of refinement, which is usually the month of September. And when it’s gone… there’s no more until the next year.
Pasteurized sheep MILK, live milk enzymes, rennet, salt, treated with dried lavender flowers.
Allergens: Milk and milk derivatesMilk origin:
Italy
Shape: irregular cylindrical shape with irregular flat faces and irregular convex heel due to the slight deformation of the same during the refining phase;
External appearance: the crust is thin and rough, moulded, with the presence of lavender flowers that inevitably stick during the maturing process; the colour of the crust is deep straw yellow, light grey and green, due to the possible presence of mould (this depends on where the cheese was when it was matured);
Internal appearance: inside the paste is pinstripe, white in colour tending towards straw-coloured near the rind, therefore with a rather evident nail and there are irregular holes spread unevenly;
Aroma: lactic butter but also a slight scent of boiled vegetables such as cauliflower, and especially in the crust and in the crust a floral sensation that recalls precisely the lavender and undergrowth because of the mold;
Taste: in the mouth it is crumbly, has a balanced taste, medium low salty and medium sweet, with a slightly acidic note and a hint of bitterness.
- Food pairings:
Cheese plate, appetizer, tastings in a horizontal pecorino cheese dish
- Wine pairings:
Medium structure red wine, not too aromatic white wine
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Unit of measurement
Kilo
Package Type
Vacuum
Weight per piece
approx. 1,3 Kg
Pieces per box
4 shapes
Storage conditions
Refrigerate from +2°C to +6°C
Transportation
Refrigerated from +2°C to +6°C
Product life in sealed package
approx. 90 days
Minimum order quantity
1 shape
Average nutritional values
per 100 g of product
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