Pecorino Toscano cheese

E207974

Italian cheese cheese sheep’s milk cheese

Pecorino Toscano cheese is a firm, sheep’s milk cheese from central Italy known for its smooth texture and mildly nutty, buttery flavor.

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Label	Occurrences
Pecorino Toscano	1
Pecorino Toscano cheese canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian cheese ⓘ cheese ⓘ sheep’s milk cheese ⓘ
agingCategory	fresco ⓘ stagionato ⓘ
agingTimeForStagionato	at least 4 months ⓘ
agingTimeMinimum	20 days ⓘ
aroma	mild ⓘ milky ⓘ slightly nutty ⓘ
color	pale yellow ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
curdType	rennet-coagulated ⓘ
fatInDryMatter	at least 45 percent ⓘ
flavor	buttery ⓘ mildly nutty ⓘ
lessSaltyThan	Pecorino Romano ⓘ
madeFrom	pasteurized sheep’s milk ⓘ
mainIngredientIn	Tuscan salads ⓘ Tuscan soups ⓘ baked pasta dishes ⓘ
milkSource	sheep’s milk ⓘ
pairing	Tuscan red wine ⓘ bread ⓘ fresh fruit ⓘ honey ⓘ
PDOStatusGrantedIn	1996 ⓘ
productionArea	Tuscany ⓘ surface form: Tuscany region of Italy parts of Lazio ⓘ parts of Marche ⓘ parts of Umbria ⓘ
protectedDesignation	PDO ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Tuscany ⓘ
regulatedBy	European Union PDO regulations ⓘ
regulatingBody	Consorzio Tutela Pecorino Toscano DOP ⓘ
requiresMilkFrom	sheep raised in designated production area ⓘ
rindType	natural rind ⓘ
servedAs	antipasto ⓘ cheese course ⓘ pasta topping ⓘ
similarTo	Pecorino Romano ⓘ pecorino sardo ⓘ surface form: Pecorino Sardo
texture	firm ⓘ smooth ⓘ
typicalSaltContent	moderate ⓘ
typicalShape	cylindrical wheel ⓘ
typicalUse	cooking ingredient ⓘ grating cheese ⓘ table cheese ⓘ
typicalWeightRange	2 to 5 kilograms ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuscany → traditionalProduct → Pecorino Toscano cheese ⓘ

pecorino sardo → similarTo → Pecorino Toscano cheese ⓘ

subject surface form: Pecorino Sardo

this entity surface form: Pecorino Toscano