Publication note
Published as a product profile: validated sources do not fully document ingredients and/or method details.
What it is
A tiny fresh cow-milk cheese from Sorrento and the peninsula, made in small cylindrical forms of about 20–50 g and dried in little wicker baskets.
Origin place card
Sorrento and the Sorrento peninsula — a territory-level dairy page rather than a single-farm origin page.
Verified history
Historical depth remains limited; the direct-read source supports identity/core product description but not deeper archival history.
Ingredients
Ingredients not fully documented in validated sources.
Method
Method/process not fully documented in validated sources.
Why travel for it
A Sorrento dairy-counter page: tiny fresh baskets of milk beside tomatoes and preserved vegetables.
Recreate-it pathway
No tested recipe; field exact temperatures, basket dimensions, milk source and wrapping practice with Sorrento cheesemakers.
Fieldwork questions
Ask how many makers still use true wicker canestri and whether the cheese is sold mainly fresh to locals or visitors.
Photo brief
Rows of tiny white caciottine in wicker baskets beside Sorrento tomatoes.