Pecorino Toscano Dop

The Fresh Tuscan Pecorino it is a classic of Tuscan cheeses.

It is a pinstripe cheese matured for a few months.

The wheels are wrapped in the spring hay of the hill pastures which enriches them with the typical aromas and scents of nature, and in the straw which improves their seasoning.

This Cheese Seasoned  it is produced in Tuscany, according to a millenary tradition where artisans of other times make typical cheeses, renowned all over the world.

Professionalism, respect for raw materials and Tuscan dairy traditions, give life to a pecorino of absolute quality.

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The DOP Tuscan cheese it goes very well with honey and jams, served with a good Tuscan red wine that will enhance its innumerable nuances.

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✅Vacuum packed 

✅ 100% high quality Tuscan product 

✅Free Return within 14 days 

✅Guaranteed refund for any defect 

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Features 

The soft paste Pecorino Toscano DOP has a minimum maturation period of 20 days (but is normally extended up to 45/60 days).

It is recognized for its cylindrical shape and for the DOP mark made in ink on the side. It has a thin, uniform, smooth and soft yellow rind.

The white / light yellow paste has some irregular and well distributed holes. The smell of Tuscan pecorino is delicate, of butter and hay.

The taste is sweet and clean, the dough is soft to the touch.

When chewed, it is not very elastic, a little consistent, without being hard.

First I would like to tell you that the product is placed in special food polystyrene boxes.

And then in our personalized cardboard box for shipping, so as to guarantee the right conservation during delivery.

A 1.2 kg of Pecorino Toscano DOP is equivalent to half a wheel, and is vacuum-packed at the moment for shipping.

If you order 2 pieces we will send you the whole wheel.

Pecorino Toscano Production Method 

The milk for pecorino DOP must be coagulated at a temperature between 33 and 38 ° C with the addition of calf rennet.

Such as to obtain coagulation within 20-25 minutes.

The milk can be used raw or it can undergo a heat treatment up to pasteurization and can be inoculated with native, natural or selected lactic cultures.

After breaking, the curd is subjected to a heat treatment at 40-42 ° C for 10-15 minutes if you want to obtain Seasoned Pecorino Toscano PDO.

It is then put into special forms to eliminate excess serum.

The purging is carried out by manual pressing or by steaming.

The cheese is salted in brine for eight hours for the soft pecorino and for 12-14 hours for the semi-hard cheese.

Or with the direct addition of salt, also in this case the permanence is greater for the semi-hard pecorino.

Pecorino Toscano PDO can be treated externally with an anti-mold and must then be aged in suitable cells at a temperature of 5-12 ° C, for a period of at least 20 days for the soft paste type and not less than four months for that. semi-hard paste.

Taste and Appearance 

Pecorino DOP cheese has a cylindrical shape with flat sides with slightly convex sides and a weight ranging from 0.75 to 3.50 kg.

This Tuscan cheese it is characterized by a yellow colored crust.

The Pecorino Toscano DOP paste has a compact structure, tender when cut and white to slightly straw yellow in color for the Fresh type;

tenacious when cut, slightly straw or pale yellow in color and with possible minute holes not regularly distributed for the seasoned one.

The flavor is sweet, never savory or spicy, fragrant and accentuated, depending on the particular processing procedures

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Fresh Tuscan meat can only be shipped by respecting all the rules on fresh meat.

Delivery times vary depending on the destination area from 24 to 72 hours from the time of collection at the warehouse which will be on Monday or Tuesday.

Shipping costs:

In Italy they are 15 € 

Free in Italy for orders over € 150

 

SHIPPING with Express Courier ITALY € 7.90 or free in Italy for orders over € 69 only for cured meats, cheeses, hams, wine.

 

EUROPEAN AND EXTRA EU SHIPPING calculated at the time of the order

by weight.

 

FULFILLMENT OF THE ORDER
We will process your order in 1 working days from receipt of payment, within the limits of stock availability. In the event that one or more items are not immediately available, we will notify you immediately and we will agree with you the possibility of a partial shipment.

SHIPMENT
Once payment is received, we will entrust your goods to the Express Courier, whose approximate delivery times are 1/2 working days after collection, in most Italian locations. For delivery times you will not have to consider Saturdays and holidays. Any delays occurring to the Courier during transport are not our responsibility and cannot constitute grounds for withdrawal or give the right to compensation.

DELIVERY
Your products will be delivered during office hours, to the address you have indicated in the order form: since it is not possible to agree on a precise delivery time with the Express Courier, we recommend that you use an address where someone is always present for the withdraw. Remember to indicate exactly both the house number and the post code of your area and that the name you have indicated to us must always coincide with the name or number shown on the intercom. When you collect the goods, always check that the number of packages shown on the transport document coincides with those ordered and that the packages delivered to you are intact.

NO WITHDRAWAL
However, if at the time of delivery you or your representative were absent, the Express Courier will leave a non-delivery notice through which you can request the free return of the shipment, according to the methods indicated in the notice, within the following 3 days. If the goods are not collected at the second passage, the Express Courier will keep the goods in storage at its warehouse for three days. We hope that you will collect the goods: otherwise, we will be forced, with regret, to charge you the additional costs for failure to collect the shipment.

SUPPORT
For any inconvenience related to your shipments, you can contact our assistance service (salumeriatoscanadop@gmail.com), which will help you in solving problems.