Pure white pleasure

Pure white pleasure
Magazine: May 2008

The Ricotta Romana Dop is a fresh product that can be tasted on its own, it is milk derivate but cannot be classifi ed as cheese. After having recognised its Protected Denomination of Origin qualifi cation in 2005, the European Community has inserted it into the category of “other products of animal origin”. This is because it is obtained from the second phase of milking. The Ricotta Romana is made with the residue from cheese making that is then reheated. It is from this process that is gets its name, ricotta means cooked twice. Production regulations mean that the whey must be taken from full sheep’s milk from Lazio and all the operations of transformation and conditioning must also take place in the region. It has a soft sweet, full-bodied fl avour with a touch of acidity and the texture is dense and grainy.