The Parmesan (or Parmigiano Reggiano Parmigiano, the name reserved for cheese from the milk of cows and breeds reggiana modenese) is a guard Italian cheese from the region of Parma, as its name suggests. It is a grate cheese, used in recipes. He is renowned worldwide.


It also can be eaten as a table cheese.


It is very similar in its manufacture and its tastes Grana Padano.


It is a cheese made from cow's milk, cheese pressed cooked, whose millstones have an average weight of 32 kg.


His best tasting period lasts from April to October after a refining minimum of 12 months (the oldest is 48 months refined), but it is also excellent throughout the year.


Its pulp is covered with a brown crust oiled. It is brittle and has a fruity taste and a unique spice. He was cut with a knife to give special chips.


His official place of origin to 1200, but more indirectly to the Etruscans, is the city of Bibbiano, near Parma, in the province of Reggio Emilia.

At grated Italian cheese used in the recipes for which it is used extensively. His grainy consistency gave him his name.
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