Ragusano DOP Latte Crudo
Ragusano DOP is a raw cow's milk pasta filata from Sicily, made from the milk of the local Modicana breed and protected under Italian DOP rules. The curd is heated and stretched, shaped into large rectangular blocks, then tied with ropes and hung to age, a method that has been used on the island for centuries and gives the cheese its unmistakable shape.
The paste is firm and dense, pale straw in color, breaking into clean slabs under the knife with the tight, slightly fibrous grain of a stretched-curd cheese. On the palate it opens with toasted hazelnut and brown butter, builds a savory umami pull through the middle, and finishes with a real piccante bite that sharpens with age. There is a quiet pastoral note underneath from the Modicana milk that you do not get from more industrial provolones.
This is a cheese that earns its place on the grater and on the board in equal measure. Grated over pasta or roasted vegetables it brings a sharper, more savory edge than provolone, and cubed alongside cured meats and olives it carries a board on its own.
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Ragusano DOP Latte Crudo
Ragusano DOP Latte Crudo
Ragusano DOP is a raw cow's milk pasta filata from Sicily, made from the milk of the local Modicana breed and protected under Italian DOP rules. The curd is heated and stretched, shaped into large rectangular blocks, then tied with ropes and hung to age, a method that has been used on the island for centuries and gives the cheese its unmistakable shape.
The paste is firm and dense, pale straw in color, breaking into clean slabs under the knife with the tight, slightly fibrous grain of a stretched-curd cheese. On the palate it opens with toasted hazelnut and brown butter, builds a savory umami pull through the middle, and finishes with a real piccante bite that sharpens with age. There is a quiet pastoral note underneath from the Modicana milk that you do not get from more industrial provolones.
This is a cheese that earns its place on the grater and on the board in equal measure. Grated over pasta or roasted vegetables it brings a sharper, more savory edge than provolone, and cubed alongside cured meats and olives it carries a board on its own.
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Ragusano DOP is a raw cow's milk pasta filata from Sicily, made from the milk of the local Modicana breed and protected under Italian DOP rules. The curd is heated and stretched, shaped into large rectangular blocks, then tied with ropes and hung to age, a method that has been used on the island for centuries and gives the cheese its unmistakable shape.
The paste is firm and dense, pale straw in color, breaking into clean slabs under the knife with the tight, slightly fibrous grain of a stretched-curd cheese. On the palate it opens with toasted hazelnut and brown butter, builds a savory umami pull through the middle, and finishes with a real piccante bite that sharpens with age. There is a quiet pastoral note underneath from the Modicana milk that you do not get from more industrial provolones.
This is a cheese that earns its place on the grater and on the board in equal measure. Grated over pasta or roasted vegetables it brings a sharper, more savory edge than provolone, and cubed alongside cured meats and olives it carries a board on its own.
