Pecorino Romano

The term ‘pecorino’ meaning ‘of sheep’ in Italian covers a wide range of ewe cheeses. More specifically there are four Pecorino PDO denominations coming from central Italy and Sardinia (where we source our cheese from). The cheese gets its name ‘Romano’ from its historical links to the Roman Empire and the Roman legionaries’ diet. The cheese was introduced to Sardinia after the Punic war, when Roman settlers found the island to have the perfect environment for cheesemaking: good pastures and sheep. The rest as they say, is history. Today Sardinia produces the majority of Pecorino Romano. CAO Formaggi Pecorino Romano PDO is dense, lightly crumbly, savoury and comes with the month and year of production engraved on the side.