Casizolu di pecora cheese

Casizolu di pecora aka Pirittas is a cooked ewes' milk cheese from Sardinia. Its colour is yellowish-white, and is shaped like a pear with a bump at the end that allows the product to be tied up, hung and matured in this position.

The milk, immediately after milking, is heated to a temperature of 34 ° - 35 ° C and calf rennet is added. The resulting curd is broken and transformed into cheese. The shape thus obtained is acidified in containers for a period ranging from 18 to 24 hours. The sour curd is cut into pieces, and are immersed in a pot of water at a temperature of 80 - 90 ° C and molded by hands until it has a pear shape, and to ensure the complete purging of the residual whey. The cheeses are then put into a brine of water and sea salt for a variable period depending on the weight (on average 5 hours per kg body weight). The finished product is hung in pairs for the subsequent curing at temperatures below 25 ° C and after a week it is ready for consumption.

Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses

The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.

For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g

If the Casizolu di pecora cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Casizolu di pecora cheese.

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Cheese type Calories per 100g
American cheese 371
Blue cheese 353
Camembert cheese 299
Cheddar cheese 402
Cottage cheese 98
Edam cheese 357
Farmer's cheese 98
Feta cheese 264
Fontina cheese 389
Goat cheese 364
Gouda cheese 356
Gruyere cheese 413
Mozzarella cheese 280
Parmesan cheese 431
Pimento cheese 375
Provolone cheese 352
Queso blanco cheese 310
Ricotta cheese 174
Roquefort cheese 369
Swiss cheese 380

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