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| country = Italy

| region = Sicily

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| source = Modicana cow's milk

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| certification = DOC 1955DOP 1995

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Ragusano is an Italian cow's-milk cheese produced in Ragusa, in Sicily in southern Italy. It is a firm stretched-curd () cheese made with whole milk from cows of the Modicana breed, raised exclusively on fresh grass or hay in the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse.

The cheese was awarded Italian Denominazione di Origine Controllata'' protection in 1955 and EU DOP status in 1995.

Ragusano cheese

See also

List of stretch-cured cheeses

References

Italian cheeses

Cuisine of Sicily

Italian products with protected designation of origin

Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union

Sheep's-milk cheeses

Stretched-curd cheeses

Ark of Taste foods

Ragusano cheese