Pecorino

Pecorino, in Ligurian terms, is the hard sheep’s milk cheese that is used for grating. For more than a thousand years, active trade has brought excellent sheep’s milk cheese from Sardinia to Genoa, and that cheese still is used in Liguria today, primarily to give a sharp bite to pesto. The cheese is also popular served in chunks accompanied by Taggia olives. There is also Pecorino from Lazio, the central Italian region where Rome is located. This is traditionally called Pecorino Romano. Do not accept substitutes called “Romano Cheese” that come from North or South America.