Truffle Pecorino

"No need to be sheepish about it: we love a good sheep’s milk cheese, and pecorino happens to be one of the finest sheep’s milk cheeses in the flock. Mild and nutty, with a firm, lightly aged texture, pecorino pairs perfectly with big flavors like sweet preserves, salty cured deli meats, and as Trader Joe’s Truffle Pecorino deftly demonstrates, alluringly aromatic truffles. It’s made for us by an expert Italian cheesemaker, who carefully deposits the fragrant fungi during the cheesemaking process, so that each wedge is visibly streaked with glorious veins of Italian black Truffle. Its bold combination of lightly tangy, slightly briny cheese and intense umami lends this Pecorino a remarkable degree of versatility. You can shave it and serve it over soups and salads, grate it and incorporate it into a particularly decadent cacio e pepe pasta, give it a showstopping turn on your charcuterie board, or simply enjoy it out of the fridge as a snack. However you enjoy it, be warned: this seasonal cheese will be herded away once the holidays are done."