Aged sheep grating

A hard sheep wheel made to be grated over food rather than eaten in a wedge. Salt-forward by design.

MilkSheep

TextureHard

RegionSouthern high plateaux

Aging10–24 months

What to look for

A clean, even break. Ammonia at the rind means it was held too long in plastic.

Cooked curd pressed into a large wheel; a second fermentation opens round eyes as it warms in the cellar.

The long-aged end of the family. Dry enough to grate, with the crystals that come of protein breaking down over…