Definitions
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- noun   A Corsican cheese produced from ewe's milk, containing no lactose.
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Examples
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								Or head to the dining room, spectacularly carved from a massive boulder, for ravioli stuffed with brocciu (sheep's milk ricotta) and herb-strewn veal chops grilled over an open fire. Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010 
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								Imagine a sizzling skillet of wild boar stew and a creamy casserole of cannelloni with Corsican brocciu cheese. Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Chilling in Corsica, Part 2 2010 
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								At her stand you'll also find fiadone, a Corsican take on cheesecake made with brocciu a kind of Corsican ricotta, eggs, sugar and lemon zest. Parisian cupcakes 2007 
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								At her stand you'll also find fiadone, a Corsican take on cheesecake made with brocciu a kind of Corsican ricotta, eggs, sugar and lemon zest. Archive 2007-12-01 2007 
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								Stock up on Corsican specialties such as fig preserves, canistrelli (a type of biscuit), brocciu (fresh cheese) and myrtle liqueur. 
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								After a picnic lunch of fougasse (flatbread), brocciu (ewe's milk cheese) and half a jar of local honey, we hiked back to camp. 
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