A Tuscan Antipasto Misto: What's On The Plate

Pecorino Toscano is a mildly flavored, firm sheep's milk cheese that looks and tastes quite similar to Pecorino Sardo (and is quite different from the much saltier Pecorino Romano). This similarity is no accident; when Tuscan farmers abandoned the land in the late 50s and early 60s, preferring new houses in town with modern amenities and better paying factory jobs, Sardinian shepherds took their places, bringing their flocks with them and making cheese as they always had. And very fine cheese it is. This slice was drizzled with Aceto Balsamico, which provides a delightful contrast to the creamy slightly pungent milkiness of moderately aged sheep's milk cheese.

• About Pecorino Toscano
• About Pecorino Romano