Umbria’s traditional caciotta is a soft, sweet cow’s milk cheese described in the regional catalog as formetta.
During mezzadria, people in Umbria bought small cheeses known as formette from shepherds.
In the days of mezzadria, people went to shepherds to buy formette. Production later spread more widely, bringing this cheese to more Umbrian tables.
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