Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni: Products

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The Products of Cilento and Vallo di Diano

Cilento is a land rich in agricultural and craftsmanship traditions.
The agricultural activities are still carried out with traditional and non-intensive methods and give birth to quality products which are characteristic of the famous "Mediterranean diet".
The intense craftsmanship activity creates products of great beauty and extraordinary skill.

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Caciocavallo Podolico

Podolica cow, descending from Bos Primigenius, lives in the inland areas of Southern Italy, including Cilento e Vallo di Diano National Park. Caciocavallo prepared with its milk has been named after this cow; however, according to some hypotheses, it...

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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Cacioricotta

Cacioricotta is a characteristic cheese of Cilento e Vallo di Diano National Park. It is obtained from mixed goat and sheep milk or only from goat milk, in the period between June and August, at the end of the sheep lactation. It has been named after...

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Slow Food Presidium

DOP Buffalo milk mozzarella from Campania

One of the most popular Italian products in the world. PDO Buffalo milk mozzarella is a "pasta filata" cheese (stretched curd) which is exclusively made with buffalo milk from Campania and produced with a process that meets the PDO specification. Buffalo...

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PDO - Protected Designation of Origin

Muzzarella co' a murtedda

Muzzarella co' a murtedda is a traditional product of lower Cilento and derives from the processing of cow milk. The ancient habit to preserve mozzarella in small branches of "mortedda" or "mortella", the dialect name of the myrtle (Myrtus communis),...

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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Pecorino Cheese

For centuries, sheep milk has always been transformed into cacio. It has a cylindrical shape, a hard and wrinkled crust with a golden yellow color. The white texture is compact, with rare holes with a small diameter. It has a persistent and slightly...

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