Cangemi di Giovanna Ragolia

Cangemi di Giovanna Ragolia produces a single denomination, Vastedda della Valle del Belìce DOP, a fresh spun-paste cheese made exclusively from sheep's milk, a rare example of ovine spun-paste in a dairy landscape dominated by cow's milk. The protected area extends across eighteen municipalities in western Sicily, an agro-pastoral landscape among the most recognizable on the island, where sheep farming still dictates the rhythms of the territory and seasons. The cheese's qualities—its creamy texture, subtle and slightly acidic flavor—speak both of the indigenous sheep breeds and a cheesemaking technique refined in the cool microclimates of the valley. It is a product that thrives in its moment, to be consumed fresh, and that condenses centuries of pastoral knowledge, passed down by hand, into a simple form. In its essentiality, Vastedda tells the story of an often less-traveled inland Sicily, made of flocks, valleys, and dairies that focus on a single product, bringing it to perfection with unwavering consistency.

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