Pecorino Romano vs Pepato
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.
Pepato
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
Pepato is an Italian sheep's milk cheese studded with whole black peppercorns. The name means peppered, and the spice is mixed through the paste rather than rubbed only on the outside. It belongs with the firm pecorino cheeses made from sheep's milk. A typical piece is pale and dense, and the dark peppercorns are easy to see on the cut face. With age it moves from a sliceable table cheese toward a drier cheese for the grater.