The product

Pecorino Primosale Pepato

Pecorino cheese by Biopek enriched with black peppercorns

Code:

31702

Country of origin:

Italy - Sicily

Type of Milk:

Sheep's milk

Weight:

2,5 kg approx

Minimum order:

1 piece

Product Features

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Description	Pecorino giovane realizzato con latte ovino 100% siciliano e arricchito con grani di pepe
Appearance	La pasta è di colore bianco lievemente paglierino con la presenza evidente di grani di pepe; la crosta presenta i segni tipici del canestro
Taste	The sweet taste is due to the sheep's milk and is pleasantly aromatic
Maturing	3-5 days
Curiosity	The company was founded by the Messina family in 2000 with the aim of promoting cheese made with Sicilian sheep's milk (initially they only processed organic milk) and has gradually grown to become the modern, well-organised structure it is today. Every day, they collect around 200 quintals of milk in three provinces within a 65 km radius of the dairy using three vehicles. They visit around 80 farmers located in mountainous areas that are not always easy to reach. These are small farmers with flocks of up to 200 animals each, which means that collection rounds sometimes take the whole day.
Our selection	Sicily is one of the homelands of Pecorino cheese in Italy, and we travelled there to meet a new sheep's milk cheese producer. The Biopek dairy is located in the Trapani hinterland and is run by brothers Pietro and Andrea Messina. It is a genuine story that has its roots in a small artisan workshop that has evolved over the years. Today, Biopek selects and collaborates with the best farms in the area to transform high-quality milk into cheese every day.
Suggestions	Excellent on its own on a charcuterie board or to enrich a salad; also ideal in first courses or melted over grilled meat or vegetables

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Ingredients	Pasteurized sheep's MILK, pepper 0,9%, salt, rennet
Allergens in ingredients	Milk and products thereof
May contain traces of:	Nuts, namely: almonds (Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews
Weight	2,5 kg approx
Packaging	Vacuum packed
Storage Conditions (packaged products)	Keep refrigerated below +4°C
Country of origin of the primary ingredient	Italy
Nutrition Declaration	Energy: 1844 kJ / 432 kcal Fat: 31 g of which saturates: 20 g Carbohydrate: 3 g of which sugars: 0,6 g Protein: 29 g Salt: 1,9 g Typical value per 100 g

The producer

Biopek - Gibellina (TP) - Sicily

Why we chose them

Caseificio Biopek is located in Gibellina Nuova in the province of Trapani, Sicily, one of the homelands of pecorino cheese: the company exclusively processes Sicilian sheep's milk. Biopek was founded in 2000 by Giuseppe Messina, who wanted to offer his customers high-quality pecorino cheese. Giuseppe used to sell local pecorino cheese on the mainland, but the quality was always very inconsistent. He therefore decided to set up his own dairy so that he could control the quality of the products! Now, his sons Andrea and Pietro run the dairy, which is spotlessly clean and extremely well organised, and produce pecorino cheese using only Sicilian milk, collected within a 70 km radius of the farm from 50 small producers (with an average of 250-300 head of sheep each). In Sicily, sheep are raised on pasture during the winter and only return to the barn for milking (done by hand). In the summer, however, they are dried off. The best quality milk is produced until spring. Interesting fact: Biopek processes half of the milk it transforms throughout the year from March to May. The milk is filtered and centrifuged to remove impurities and then pasteurised. Production begins at 7 a.m. and the rest is told by the products: the Sicilian identity of the pecorino cheeses is clear, so much so that the brand name chosen for these products is I Siciliani

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