
The product
Gran Kinara
Hard cheese produced with vegetable rennet and matured for at least 12 months
Code:
33950F08
Country of origin:
Italy - Piedmont
Type of Milk:
Raw Cow's milk
Weight:
4,5 kg
Minimum order:
1 piece
Description | A hard paste cheese made with vegetarian rennet and raw cow's milk, without lysozyme that is aged for at least 12 months |
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Appearance | The wheel is compact and its rind is thick; the colour of the rind is yellow to amber. The paste is compact and hard while its colour is pale- yellow |
Taste | At the maturity of 7 months the taste is delicately sweet, medium to the palate. The aftertaste is round, slightly salty with hints of herbs and grass |
Our selection | When we met Egidio and Mario we were very impressed with the enthusiasm they put into their projects and the desire to experience new things like the use of mechanical cleaning agents for milk. We propose the first long-seasoned and long-lasting cheese made with vegetable rennet, Cynara cardunculus, a unique product of its kind that has caught our attention |
Suggestions | The floral notes of Gran Kinara make it perfect when freshly grilled with a blowtorch and paired with toasted Tuscan bread, wild herbs and fresh lemon peel. Try it cut into petals on an artichoke carpaccio |
Ingredients | MILK, salt, vegetarian rennet (Cynara carduculus) |
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Allergens in ingredients | Milk and products thereof |
Weight | 4,5 kg |
Packaging | Vacuum packed |
Storage Conditions (packaged products) | Keep refrigerated between +1 and +6°C |
Instructions for use | Edible crust, it is recommended to wash/treat it |
Country of origin of the primary ingredient | Italy |
Nutrition Declaration | Energy: 1772 kJ / 427 kcal Fat: 33 g of which saturates: 19 g Carbohydrate: 1,4 g of which sugars: <0,5 g Protein: 31 g Salt: 1,7 g Typical value per 100 g |
The producer
Fattorie Fiandino - Villafalletto (CN) - Piedmont

Why we chose them
In the eighteenth century Stefano Fiandino began the Fiandino's dairy tradition in Cuneo. Stefano was a Milan breeder and dairyman who decided
to
move to Demonte to continue the agricultural activity. Several generations were succeeded keeping dairy vocation up to the Great Grandfather,
the
beginning of the twentieth century moved the business to Villafalletto where farms are still located. But it is precisely with Egidio and Mario that
there
was a change. When we met the two cousins were very impressed by the enthusiasm that they put into their projects. We were won over by their
butter, the 1889. But it has also affected us their desire to be known also through a vegetable rennet cheeses line. Cheeses identified by Kinara
mark · Greek translation about Cynara cardunculus · cardoon used to get rennet. In fact the Kinara method involves the use of vegetable rennet
instead of animal rennet.