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Sheep's milk that took itself seriously and became the salt of Italy.
means A hard, salty Italian cheese made from sheep's milk, typically grated over pasta or eaten in sharp slivers.
from From Italian pecorino, meaning 'of the sheep,' built on pecora ('sheep') — which traces back to Latin pecus, 'livestock' or 'cattle.' That same Latin root is a cousin of pecunia, 'money,' from the days when wealth was counted in animals; so the cheese and the word for cash share a barnyard ancestor.
- name origin
- From pecora, Italian for sheep.
- roman fuel
- Fed legions marching across the empire daily.
- five regions
- Only four pecorinos hold protected DOP status.
- saltier sibling
- Sharper and saltier than parmesan's cow-milk softness.
- cacio e pepe
- That dish lives or dies on it.
pecorino romano — hard sheep cheese from italy, protected designation of origin since 1996, made in lazio region
pecorino sardo — hard sheep cheese from sardinia, italy, protected designation since 1991
pecorino toscano — sheep cheese from tuscany, italy, protected designation of origin since 1996