He came back with a handful of cheeses he had made — caciocavallo and caciotta — to show me. |
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In Calitri, a town in southern Italy, wireless sensors are helping produce caciocavallo, a type of Pecorino cheese made by Caseificio di Cecca e di Roma. |
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And a bowl of tagliatelle with pancetta, peas and mint, in a kind of nutty caciocavallo cheese sauce, is a taste of real spring, if heavy for that. |
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Next, try the thin-crusted uovo pizza with brussels-sprout leaves, cubes of guanciale and two cheeses — fior di latte and caciocavallo — all topped with an oozy egg. |
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Also typical of this rural culture are the many fresh cheeses such as mozzarella, burrata and ricotta and seasoned cheeses such as caciocavallo and pecorino. |
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As well as using some other cheeses, Sicily has spawned some of its own, using both cow's and sheep's milk, such as pecorino and caciocavallo. |
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An unusually delicate production called lasagna Calabrese came layered with homemade lasagna, wafers of prosciutto, meatballs the size of marbles and semimild caciocavallo cheese. |
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