Taleggio

Description: Smooth soft cheese made of cow milk. Buttery, delicate and subtlely sweet cheese from Italy. Taleggio is also known as ... more

Taleggio ... Stracchino. Wine Partners: Barbaresco.

Newest Review: ... is she does not feel the cow" meaning you should always end your dinner with cheese. I find that the cheeses from the ... more

... North, like Taleggio are better suited to end a meal. They are soft, like Taleggio, quite creamy and not too salty. I only find Taleggio in some Italian delis in London, and in Italy, it is easier to find it in the North. It is a cheese which suffers a lot warm weather, and for this reason it is not easy to find in summer, particularly in the South. Taleggio was recognized in 1996 as one of the DOC cheeses from Italy. Differently from other cheeses like Parmesan, Mozzarella (see my previous reviews on those) it is ...more

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Taleggio is another of the great cheeses of Italy. It comes from a specific area in the North of Italy, in the region of Lumbardy, called Val Taleggio (Taleggio valley) Originally the cheese was produced with the milk at the end of summer and autumn. It was stored in small wood boxes of square form. The crust was treated with mineral salts to make it crunchy and help preserve the cheese. It was stored in caves and kept on wood shelves. These days it is produced all year long. Together with other cheeses from the North of Italy, it belongs of the family of the "stracchini" cheeses. The word "stracca" means ... Read the complete review

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