It 'a cheese mixed cow and goat, which is heated to 37 degrees, set in a wood casks, the addition of rennet and poured into rush baskets giving a particular shaping forms. These are hand-pressed, sometimes adding pepper grains or chili flakes.

So it shall burn at 80 degrees of the curd, which will go to dry on wooden game boards. The next day is salted with dry salt, until the cheese absorbs more and is created on a layer of salt. The canestrati are then in curing in natural caves or cellars, where they remain for a variable period depending on the degree of refinement to be achieved.