[kah-choh-kuh-VAH-loh] From southern Italy, caciocavallo (meaning "cheese on horseback") is said to date back to the 14th century, and believed by some to have originally been made from mare's milk. Today this cheese comes from cow's milk and has a mild, slightly salty flavor and firm, smooth texture when young (about 2 months). As it ages, the flavor becomes more pungent and the texture more granular, making it ideal for grating. Caciocavallo is one of the pasta filata types of cheeses (like provolone and mozzarella), which means it has been stretched and shaped by hand. It may be purchased plain or smoked and comes in string-tied gourd or spindle shapes.
Caciocavallo
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Caciocavallo is a type of cheese made out of sheep's or cow's milk, originally produced in Sicily, but now spread all across Italy, and the Balkans. Caciocavallo has the European Union Protected designation of origin status.
Caciocavallo cheese is shaped like a tear-drop and is similar in taste to the aged Southern Italian Provolone cheese, with a hard edible rind.
Caciocavallo Silano (DOP) is a version of the cheese made with cow’s milk in designated areas of Southern Italy, in the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia.
The Italian name of the cheese caciocavallo means "Cheese on horseback" and it is sometimes thought that it was originally made from mare's milk, although there appears to be no historical evidence for this. More likely, the name derives from the fact that the curd is left to dry by placing it 'a cavallo', i.e. straddling, upon a horizontal stick or branch. [See, inter alia, [1].]
In other languages
(Albanian: Kaçkavall; Bulgarian and Macedonian Кашкавал; Romanian: Caşcaval; Serbian: Качкаваљ/Kačkavalj; Sicilian: Caciucavaddu; Turkish: Kaşkaval; Greek: Κασέρι) Arabic: Gibna Roomi (i.e. Roman cheese) or Kashkawane (Arabic: قشقوان).
Each of these local specialty cheeses is somewhat different from both the Italian original and each other.
External links
- Masseria Posticchia Sabelli Caciocavallo Silano DOP (English)(Italian)
- Producers' Association for the Protection of the Cheese Caciocavallo Silano DOP (English)
- Disciplinare di produzione della Denominazione di Origine del formaggio "Caciocavallo silano" (Italian)
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