Foglie di Noce

Producer: MORBIDI Origin: Tuscany, Italy

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 sheep’s milk cheese to age slowly, taking on distinct antique flavor characteristics that are long forgotten among other Pecorinos; the leaves impart an aroma of damp forest floor, evoking a rainy spring walk with every bite. We bring this cheese in at a younger age profile, to preserve the natural lusciousness of the sheep’s milk in a semi soft pecorino that is typically consumed in the region for breakfast and aperitivo with a drizzle of honey.

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