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Basket cheese holds the key to a tangy, fresh treat

For many Italians, the 40-day Lenten season is punctuated not by sweets but by a smooth, bright-white cheese that comes in white plastic containers.

It's called basket cheese � formaggio da pasta filata in Italian � and it's long been an end-of-Easter staple for Italians and Italian Americans who've grown up celebrating Nonna's Old World food traditions.





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