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Canestrato Fresco con Latte Ovino La Cava

Fresh Canestrato with Ewe's Milk La Cava

€5.60

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A soft-textured Sicilian cheese, made from ewe's and cow's milk.
The fresh canestrato has a cylindrical shape with flat faces, showing the grooves left by the traditional baskets.

The short ageing gives the Sicilian canestrato a milky flavour with sweet notes and a soft texture, easy to slice.

grammatura a scelta : 330 g

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Ingredients: pasteurised ewe's MILK, pasteurised MILK, salt, rennet and lactic ferments.

Milk origin: Italy – 100% Sicily

For 50 years in Randazzo, La Cava Dairy has existed, born from the passion and insights of Carmelo; it is in this rich and fertile territory, crossroads of three major cities – Catania, Messina, Enna – and three protected parks – the Etna Park, the Nebrodi Park and the Alcantara River Park – that the knowledge of shepherds and local small producers is enriched by technical expertise and technological innovation in the dairy sector.

In 1970, Carmelo La Cava, coming from two generations of cheesemakers, arrived in Randazzo from Montalbano Elicona with one goal: to create a dairy combining his knowledge with the skills of the local workforce. His foresight and perseverance, together with his wife and children, ensured that despite difficulties – including a lava flow that almost destroyed the dairy's foundations – that project became a reality.

Today La Cava is a certified company committed to producing without harming the environment, thanks to the contribution of the new generation and its close ties to the territory.

Among their principles is respect for artisanal craftsmanship and the rhythms of nature; they work closely with breeders to ensure the welfare and health of the animals and implement good practices for recycling waste materials. They favour non-intensive farming and select only the best milk, subjected to laboratory checks and analyses.

They choose to use only pasteurised milk and have managed to isolate the native Etna strains of lactic bacteria with which they create their canestrati.

The location itself is an integral part of the supply chain. The cheeses produced bear the mark of the Etna soil where the animals graze freely every day. The special characteristics due to the presence of three protected parks, together with the knowledge passed down by local cheesemakers and breeders, create cheeses with an unparalleled flavour.