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Formaggio di Fossa is a cheese aged in underground caves.

Why it is true

This traditional Italian cheese is wrapped in cloth, rubbed with fig leaves, and buried in special pits for months, giving it a unique, intense, and earthy flavor.

Source: Food Tradition

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