Pecorino Romano vs Pecorino Siciliano
Pecorino Romano
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lazio, Sardinia, and Tuscany
- Status
- PDO
Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty sheep's-milk cheese. Pecora is the Italian word for sheep. Romano is the Roman style.
Pecorino Siciliano
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Sicily
- Status
- PDO
Pecorino Siciliano is a hard sheep's milk cheese from Sicily in Italy. The name joins the Italian word for sheep with the island where the cheese is made. Whole sheep's milk is set, pressed in baskets, salted, and kept until the paste is compact. The name is protected, so a wheel sold under it follows that Sicilian tradition. It is a grating and table cheese, not a fresh curd.