
It’s spring, it’s Caprino and Pecorino cheese time!
Finally spring has arrived. It is time for sheep and goat cheese. Yes, because even the cheeses have their seasonality and during spring the milk is superior both in quantity and in quality. But Why? It’s very simple, in this

How to taste cheese? Last Step: Savor
Another step of our mini course on how to taste cheeses. We have seen that to taste cheeses we need all our senses. Before tasting we have to follow some tips (How to taste the cheeses: 8 rules to follow),

How to taste cheeses? Third step: the smell
Third step of our tasting cheese journey. After sight and touch now it’s time to smell. READ ALSO: “How to taste the cheeses: Sight” and “How to taste the cheeses: Touch“. The smell is the third sense that we use

Salted cannoli with goat’s cheese mousse, pappa al pomodoro and basil sauce
Another gourmet recipe with our raw milk cheeses: salted cannoli with goat’s cheese mousse, pappa al pomodoro and basil sauce. More and more often it happens to have vegetarian guests. It’s easy to prepare an appetizer or a first course

How to taste cheeses? Second Step: touch
We started a journey to understand how to taste the cheeses properly. As we have already written in the article “How to taste cheese? First step:sight”, tasting cheeses means examining them through sight, touch, smell and taste. When approaching a

Aging Pecorino Cheese in a cave
Aging Pecorino Cheese in a cave is an ancient ripening technique developed mainly in central Italy. There were no refrigerators and therefore to keep better cheese at good temperature during their maturing, they were placed in natural caves. It was
Pecorino di Pienza cheese pudding
Today we would like to propose you a pudding of Pecorino di Pienza with a broad bean sauce. It is often complicated to use cheeses to cook. Their intense flavor, their nature and their consistency allows them to be transformed into an

How to taste cheese? First step:sight
Tasting cheeses means analyzing a small casket of flavors and aromas simply referring to our senses: sight, touch, smell and taste. In the article “How to taste cheeses: 8 rules to follow” we gave you some tips to a proper
Christmas Menu: First Dish and Main Course
For Christmas we have few but very important objectives: enjoy the day with the family and enjoy a special meal. Who has the honor to cook for this special day, however, often feels responsible for the success of the party,
Christmas Menu: easy recipes to impress
Do you have to prepare a Christmas menu? Do you have guests and you want to impress them? You don’t have ideas to create an easy menu that allows you to sit down at the table without spending Christmas in
Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil and pepper
Recipe for 4 people: Download here our tasty pasta recipe! INGREDIENTS: 75 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Teaspoon of spice mix 500 g Pasta Pecorino Cheese To prepare a quick and tasty pasta with garlic, olive oil and

Christmas Gift Ideas: Baskets with tuscan products
Are you looking for Christmas gift ideas? Taste the magic of the holidays by giving a Christmas basket with typical tuscan products from Podere il Casale. When Christmas is in the doorway, every time, until the end we don’t know

I Introduce you Podere Il Casale: The Olives Harvest
What are the secrets to produce a good olive oil? Listen to Massimo, who is the protagonist of this new episode of “Ti Presento Podere Il Casale”. Olive harvesting at Podere Il Casale is a special moment, where we collect

How to taste cheese in 8 rules
In the past cheeses were considered poor food and served with no care, perhaps next to salami and croutons. Today people, have finally recognized the great value they have. Like for the wine, it is necessary to observe some rules

Saffron Panna Cotta
Today we propose you a simple and special recipe: saffron panna cotta. Our purpose is to use the saffron for a “creamy dessert” and we chose the panna cotta. We think that panna cotta is a great dessert, even versatile,

Differences between olive oil, virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil
Olive oil is the base of the food pyramid in a healthy and balanced diet. Pillar of the Mediterranean diet, olive oil is always present on our tables. In the sauce of ragu, in a marinade, for fried or simply