The high quality, the peculiarity of taste and delicacy of the flavor of the percorino cheese of the Poro region are largely due to lush grasslands, healthy pastures found in the fertile agricultural environment of the Poro highlands, untainted by pollution.The quality of pastures results in quality of milk which is processed on site by experienced breeders who continue to follow the traditional methods of the shepherds of Poro that have been passed down from father to son over time. One local scholar, Francesco Arcella, sums up in a publication titled: "Joppolo, sought a corner of beach tourism and mountain", the techniques and processes of making this famous pecorino:the production of cheese includes a series of operations that, after milking the milk, the curd, the breaking of the curd, salting, seasoning. The whole milk, obtained by manual milking of the sheep, is filtered to trap any foreign matter introduced with the milking, and added the rennet in the boiler is heated and allowed to clot for half an hour. Once the milk has coagulated, is fragmented with the knuckle or wooden tool to facilitate the removal of serum. Then collected by hand is placed on a wooden table to end up in baskets of rushes that give it the desired shape (round or flat). The aftermath is conveyed to the cottage cheese or cheese of the house to clean it and season with salt and remains there for a variable time depending on the type of seasoning: fresh, soft cheese, or seasoned, to be used as a paste consisting of excellent cheese grating. A procedure done, the cheese acquires a reddish yellow rind with a white flesh and tasty. Rich in minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, Pecorino del Poro is a complete high protein and nutritional value.
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