Montasio PDO cheese - AGRIFORM and ORO DEL TEMPO

This is the characteristic table cheese from the regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia and North-East Veneto. A white and straw-yellow, compact, semihard, cooked cheese with regular, even holes.

The fresh variety, aged for at least two months, has a soft, delicate flavour. The mezzano variety, aged from five to ten months, has a more pronounced, full flavour, while the fully ripened

cheese (Oro del Tempo), aged for more than ten months, takes on quite aromatic tones with a strong, but not escessively sharp taste.

How to enjoy: It is used both as an appetizer and entrée, in first courses and as an important component of various main dishes. The aged variety may be used grated or enjoyed as a

snack.

Suggested wines: Pinot bianco, Chardonnay (Fresco); Merlot (Mezzano); Raboso del Piave (Stagionato).