Basajo
£11.00 – £67.50
Creamy. Luxurious. Heady.
Origin: Italy, Veneto
Style and Texture: Strong blue, creamy
Milk: Ewe
Milk Treatment: Raw
Rennet: Traditional
Drink: Dessert wines
Complement with: sunflower honey, buttermilk crackers
Details
Decadent wine-soaked blue cheese made from raw ewes’ milk. The wheels spend about 3 weeks bathing in a sweet wine from Sicily, which infuses the paste with heady honeyed notes. Basajo seduces with its velvety texture and mellow fruitiness, without the saltiness and strong bite.
Accompany with ripe pears and a dessert wine with a comparably full body, such as Sauternes or Passito di Pantelleria.
