If like me, you love cheese, then you'll love Lincontro Italian cheese selection hampers. All Lincontro cheeses are sourced seasonally and sustainably from a network of meticulously selected small farmers and local growers across Italy, bringing high-quality cheeses to your table. Each cheese arrives vacuumed packed, keeping them fresh. Upon opening them, a waft of lovely fresh cheese hits the nostrils. I had a selection of different cheeses within my box produced from cows and sheep, from soft to hard cheese. Bergorino, Campagnolo, Caciocavalo, Pecorino Calabrese Stagionato, Percorino Classico Rigato, Percorino Monteporo, and Ricotta Affumicata. All can be used easily to make great pasta or risotto dishes. With my favorite cheese Caciocavallo, I used some of it to make a Spring Pea Risotto to serve 2. 1 cup frozen peas 800ml vegetable stock 1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 small onion, finely chopped 250g Arborio rice 1/4 cup dry white wine 1/2 lemon, zest & juice 1/4 cup grated pecorino cheese 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp chopped Italian parsley Salt & pepper Precook the peas in boiling water. Heat oil and then cook onions until translucent. Add risotto rice. Cook for around a minute, then adds wine. Cook to absorbed. Then add a spoon of vegetable stock bit by bit. After 20 minutes, approximately the rice will be cooked. Add the butter, cheese, parsley, and lemon and stir. Then season and serve. Buon appetite! Buy yours now.
If like me, you love cheese, then you'll love Lincontro Italian cheese selection hampers. All Lincontro cheeses are sourced seasonally and sustainably from a network of meticulously selected small farmers and local growers across Italy, bringing high-quality cheeses to your table.
Each cheese arr...
What better way to kick off the long Easter bank holiday weekend than with an excellent Italian Easter Hamper? I chose a mixed hamper with cheese & charcuterie selection, and I can say it was a box full of joy, filled to the brim with Italian goodies.
The box came with three different kinds of ch...
This box is what I can only describe as a lovely selection of cheese, presented in a delightful branded box! The cheese selection I received was packed airtight with a more excellent pack to keep the cheese cool for at least 24hrs.
The variety of cheeses was delightful. The tastes were that of qu...
Okay, so I'm not in Italy, I am, in fact, in my terraced house in Mid Wales, BUT for this evening, I have 'transported' myself to the Italian Riviera. L'incontro translates to "the meeting," and what the founders (siblings Alessandro and Roberta) have created is the most beautiful Italian hampers fo...