Rustico di Braies

The small cheese dairy is located at 1,200 metres above sea level in the Braies Valley, not far from the famous Braies Lake. The milk from 80 goats and 10 cows is processed into various cheese specialities. Natural cellar ripening gives the hand-scooped raw milk cheese a grey encrusted rind and a milky white dough with irregular perforations. It smells of grass with fine hazelnut nuances. The cheese owes its name to its rustic appearance but also to its decidedly earthy and rustic taste.