Stretched-curd cheese
Caciocavallo
Quick answer
Caciocavallo is a teardrop-shaped southern stretched-curd cheese hung in pairs over a pole to age.
The name means 'cheese on horseback', likely from the way pairs straddle a beam.
How to use it: grilled in slices, grated, or eaten aged.
- Type
- Stretched-curd cheese
- Origin
- Southern Italy
- Milk
- Cow's milk
- Best uses
- grilled in slices, grated, or eaten aged.
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