☞Made with raw milk from goats living in the mountain pastures.
☆Slow-maturing with natural temperature and humidity.
Perticacio: raw-milk goat cheese aged in a mine on oak boards
Matured “Perticacio” goat cheese takes its name from the location where it is produced, in the Pof locality in Pertica Bassa of the Malga POF farm, located at an altitude of 1,000 meters in a pollution-free valley.
The percentage of salt is higher than in other cheeses, and the wheel is cooked in whey and dipped to create a rind. It matures for the first 30 days at the Malga POF farm high in the mountains, after which it rests to mature for a minimum of 8 months in a mine in Graticelle (hamlet of Bovegno, in the province of Brescia).
In this mine, endowed with the right humidity, it is aged, oiled and turned every week. Goat’s perticacio is a cheese that winks at the recipe for pecorino, its paste is hard with a strong, savory flavor.
It may have small eyes. It has a small cylindrical shape, 15 cm. in diameter and 8 in height, weighing about 1.2 kg. The rind is smooth regular and naturally oiled without the use of preservatives; it is aged a minimum of 8 months in Graticelle mine.
Vacuum-packed slice weight approx.: 500 g, whole form of approx. 1.8/2.4 kg available upon request.
In 2015 Carlo and Tiziana left their jobs to move up into the high Valle Sabbia, to a place called POF. Today, with their son Alessandro, they make fresh and aged goat cheeses — and they are a Slow Food Presidium.
Mine aging to give the cheese truly unique aroma and flavors.
Raw-milk goat’s milk cheese, ripens in the Graticelle mine in the municipality of Bovegno in upper Val Trompia in an ideal environment with natural and constant temperature and humidity all year round. This slow ripening gives the cheese a distinctive and unique aroma and flavor, fragrance, delicacy, full-bodied but not spicy flavor, may show flaky fracture when cut.
Tasting and pairing:
Goat Perticacio can be served at the table as a refreshing end to a meal or included in a board of high-quality artisanal cheeses. Excellent paired with slightly aromatic white wine such as Lugana del Lago di Garda.
The weight is about 500 grams vacuum packed. To purchase a whole wheel (about 1.8/2.4 kg) please contact us by email at info@bbuono.it or on Whatsapp at 3335440014
Watch the video interview of the POF malga farm at Puntoverde
