Casa dei Formaggi

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‘La Casa dei Formaggi’ means ‘the house of the cheeses’, where artisanal cheeses are crafted from raw cow’s milk. By blending the cheese-making styles of Piemonte in Northern Italy with the fresh high quality milk of Piedmont in North Carolina, these cheeses offer a unique mix of tradition and local taste. Using raw milk ensures that the quality and flavor of the milk pass intact from the pasture to the cheeses. The milk used travels under 25 miles starting from Chapel Hill Creamery, where Jersey cows enjoy a pasture-based diet (no hormones or pesticides). The cheeses made at La Casa dei Formaggi combine milk, cultures, rennet and salt and are then aged from 2 to 12 months.

Product outlets:

Hillsborough Farmers Market

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Products:

Il Duca: raw milk semi-hard cheeses, aged from 2 to 12 months

Duchessa: raw milk semi-hard cheeses, aged from 2 to 6 months

Paesano: raw milk semi-soft cheese, aged from 2 to 4 month

Durham Blu: raw milk blue cheese in the style of Gorgonzola dolce

Seasonal cheese:

Toro ubriaco (drunken bull): raw milk semi-soft cheese aged for 1-2 months in grape skins

Pepe nero: raw milk semi-hard cheese with black pepper