Etna Black Cheese

Etna Black Cheese, a typically Sicilian cheese, made from whole cow's milk.

After about 15 days from production, the forms of Etna Black Cheeseare immersed in the vinaccand freshthan of freshly racked black Etna grapes, where they remain for 40 to 60 days.

The Etna Black Cheese he comes produced in the months of September and October, when the grape musts are fermenting in the cellar.

Portioned 1/4.

FORMAT: between 500 g and 600 g approx.

Etna Black Cheese

Etna Black Cheese, a typically Sicilian cheese, made from whole cow's milk.

Our Etna Black Cheese It has an aromatic, pleasant flavourand inviting, rich in notes fruity!

The scent of the Etna Black Cheese It's an incredibly intoxicating blend of wine and milk!

The Affinity Between Cheese and Wine

Cheeses and wines have a lot in common: a true elective affinity that leads to a suggestive reflection on how must is in some way comparable to milk.

Both products start from a natural element (grapes and milk) which subsequently undergoes a transformation, alcoholic fermentation for one and curdling for the other; both mature, age and die, each in a different way depending on the type.

And again, there are different types of milk just as there are different grape varieties, there are cheeses to be eaten freshly curdled and wines to be drunk young.

And then there is also who wanted to concretely realize this union that gave birth to the Formaggio Nero dell'Etna, a cheese made from whole cow's milk that is immersed in the pomace of local black grapes.

The must from these pomaces is not absorbed by the cheese but rather imbues it with its aroma, which further aging makes even more pronounced!

Fun Facts About Cheese "Drunkenness"!

In reality, history teaches us that the Cheese intoxication treatment is an ancient practice, peasant, it seems to have been discovered by chance during the Great War, when farmers, to hide cheeses from raids by soldiers, put them in grape marc, which was considered waste material and therefore not subject to particular attention and investigation!

A'another version traces the treatment back to ainvention of a shepherd who, unable to afford to oil the crust, thought of replacing it with the cheaper grape must.

The fact is that the connection with wine in this dairy product is inevitably very strong!

Characteristics:

• Type: Fwhole cow's milk cheese white, compact paste, with few eyes

• Color: Varies between ivory and straw yellow tending towards purple, due to the presence of wine

• Taste: aromatic, pleasantand inviting, rich in notes fruity

• PerfumeMilk and wine

• “Drunk” on Red Wine

• Origin: Sicily

• 100% Sicilian

• 100% Handcrafted

• Traditional Italian agri-food product of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies

• Treatment: After about 15 days from production, the forms of Etna Black Cheeseare immersed in the vinaccand freshthan of freshly racked black Etna grapes, where they remain for 40 to 60 days. The Etna Black Cheese he comes produced in the months of September and October, when the grape musts are fermenting in the cellar

Pairings

Cheeses, like wines, could be classified as appetizers, as a whole meal food, as an after-meal food, or as a meditation food.

The Etna Black Cheese certainly belongs to the latter category.

The Etna Black Cheese It has a white, compact paste, with few eyes, ranging in colour from ivory to straw yellow, and has a scent of milk and wine.

A good one pairing it's the one with the Fig Jam or of Apricots!

The characteristic full, aromatic, at the same time spicy and sweet flavour of the Etna Black Cheese it mixes with a vinous touch.

Savoring the Etna Black Cheese On its own, it pairs pleasantly with a well-structured, full-bodied, persistent, balanced wine, perhaps even an aged one.

A Etna Redfor example.

Or to the most classic of meditation wines, the historic Marsala!

Tasty Trails: Mission

With our CheeseDrunk on Marsala, and with all the products we offer, we carefully carry out a work of rediscovering Sicilian products, good and natural.

Products resulting from the commitment, passion and ingenuity of the artisans of taste.

Our goal is to help you discover the best of our country, the flavors born from the meeting of peoples and cultures, the fruit of sun, land, sea, and tradition!

The company, which focuses on highlighting local specialties, believes that the creation of traditional products that risk being lost or forgotten is essential to its evolutionary path.

Our Cheeses

Our cheeses are the heart of the peasant tradition: all the cheeses, and in particular the Etna Black Cheese, They are obtained from the processing of milk from small Sicilian farms.

Native Sicilian breeds: Modicana cattle, Girgentana, Maltese and Argentata dell'Etna goats, and Belice sheep., They are among the native breeds from which the milk for various cheeses of the Sicilian dairy tradition is obtained.

Raw milk cheeses, organic cheeses, Slow Food Presidium cheeses, DOP cheeses, historic cheeses, and innovative cheeses.

Scrolling through our selection, in addition to the Etna Black Cheese, You will have the opportunity to discover the Maiorchino, the Piacentinu Ennese, the Vastedda dell Valle del Belìce, the Ragusano monostalla, the Provola delle Madonie, the Cosacavaddu Ibleo and the Scaluni, the Tuma Persa, caciotta, goat and pecorino cheeses to discover with every taste, flavors of a rediscovered Sicily!

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We are committed to bringing to your home the best taste and freshness that the Sicilian artisan food and wine tradition has to offer!

For this reason, ordinary delivery times, from the moment of notification of shipment, are generally between 7 and 15 working days:

• In some cases the products are immediately available and ready to leave in a short time and therefore we will proceed with shipping immediately! Shipping within the national territory can also affect the speed.
• In other cases , to guarantee maximum freshness and quality, the products are made specifically for your order! So, to produce your freshest specialties, it takes its time. International shipping may also affect the speed.

We know that speed is an important factor and for this reason we are committed to processing your orders in the shortest time.

You can follow the progress of your shipment with the no. tracking that will arrive by email a few days after the order, when the package is ready to be shipped to you!

Our staff is always available to provide you with all the information on your order and to ensure that you receive the best of our products in the shortest time possible!

Important information for USA Customers : unfortunately at the moment we CANNOT ship ALCOHOL and FISH IN OIL.

Important information for SWITZERLAND and UK customers: unfortunately we CANNOT ship ALCOHOL at the moment.

However, let's remember that all the other products are available... and delicious! Thank you.