Smoked Provola from the Madonie

Smoked Provola from the Madonie, a PrSlow Food exile.

Our Smoked Provola from the Madonie It is a stretched curd cheese obtained from whole, raw milk.brown cca and Italian red pied cheese with the addition of a small quantity of sheep's and goat's milk, rennet and salt.

There Smoked Provola from the Madonie Yes presents with the characteristic mandarin shape and crustDue to rust color finish to smoking.

The flavor of our Smoked Provola from the Madonie it is persistent and has a sweet tasteand, slightly intense aroma and perfume that comes from from the smoking process.

Enjoy our Smoked Provola from the Madonie becomes a multisensory experience.

Format: 500 g

Smoked Provola from the Madonie

There Smoked Provola from the Madonie is a PrSlow Food exile.

The flavor of our Smoked Provola from the Madonie it is unique: persistent, sweetand, its aroma and perfume is slightly intense thanks to the process of smoking that gives it that extra touch.

There Smoked Provola from the Madonie it is compact, tender, elastic.

A little more flat and plump than its cousin, the not so distant provola dei Nebrodi, the Smoked Provola from the Madonie It is produced in one of the richest areas of biodiversity in Italy: the Madonie.

The Madonie is a mountainous land overlooking the sea in Sicily: from its heights the view extends as far as Mount Etna, the Nebrodi mountain range, and the Aeolian Islands.

Characteristics:

• Type: Fstretched curd cheese made from whole, raw milkbrown cca and Italian red pied cheese with the addition of a small quantity of sheep's and goat's milk, rennet and salt.

• Color: Straw yellow color

• Taste: The flavor of our Smoked Provola from the Madonie it is persistent and has a sweet tasteand, slightly intense aroma and perfume that comes from from the smoking process.

• Form: characteristic mandarin shape and crustDue to rust color finish to smoking

• Smoked Cheese

• OriginSicily, Madonie

• 100% Sicilian

• 100% Handcrafted

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

• Treatment: Lworked and left to dry for a couple of weeks, it is then placed in vats and covered with Marsala dry virgin for another 4/6 days.

• Slow Food Presidium

Production Methods

Milk to make the Smoked Provola from the Madonie, raw and whole, is heated to 37-38°C in the traditional wooden vat, to which sheep rennet paste is added.

Once the desired density is reached, the curd is broken into hazelnut-sized grains and left to rest for a variable amount of time, pouring in hot water or whey.

The mass is then left to dry on a wooden board and cut into thin slices which are placed in the vat and moistened with water at 85°C.

At this point the dough is stretched, handled with the hands and with the help of a stick.

When it reaches a good elasticity, small pears form (the classic provola is round, with a very short "neck") The sausages, tied in pairs and hung from a pole, mature for at least 10 to 15 days in cool, ventilated rooms. The traditional smoking process is then carried out.

Pairings:

There Smoked Provola from the Madonie It is excellent accompanied with local durum wheat bread made with natural yeast (lu criscenti) and baked in a wood-fired oven.

When it is fresh, be careful not to cover the fragrant milky aromas of the Smoked Provola from the Madonie: in this case choose very light and dry wines.

To stay with local vines, try our Inzolia.

Otherwise, you can combine our Smoked Provola from the Madonie to the classic Nero d'Avola.

Tasty Trails: Mission

With ours Smoked Provola from the Madonie, 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 it is essential to its evolutionary path to create those typical and traditional products that risk being lost or forgotten.

Our Cheeses

Our cheeses are the heart of the peasant tradition: all the cheeses, and in particular the Smoked Provola from the Madonie, They are obtained from the processing of milk from small Sicilian farms.

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

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

Scrolling through our selection, you will have the opportunity to discover the Maiorchino, the Piacentinu Ennese, the Vastedda dell Valle del Belìce, the Ragusano monostalla, the Smoked Provola from the Madonie, the Cosacavaddu Ibleo and the Scaluni, the Tuma Persa, caciotta, goat and pecorino cheeses to be discovered with every bite, flavors of a rediscovered Sicily!

Try our Smoked Provola delle Madonie, available online at our shop emporiosicilia.it!

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.