What is Taleggio cheese?

Taleggio cheese is a slight cheese that comes from the Italian region of Lombardy and has a deceptively pungent and spicy aroma. This cheese, also known as Stracchino di Milano or Stracchino, is made of cow's milk and has a thin salted bark. Traditionally, taggio ages on wooden boards in caves for six to ten weeks. To promote mold growth and prevent color of cheese, wash with seawater sponge every week. Taleggio cheese made of unpasteurized milk is not approved by the United States Administration Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and cannot be imported into the United States. Modern taggio cheese is made of pasteurized milk in factories and ages in cellars. This process gives the finished product a brighter color. To add taste and texture to cheese, other ingredients such as spices, nuts and raisins are sometimes used. It has an extremely high fat content that adopts 50 percent. It has a washed bark with red -orange color and becomes softer, the longer it ages. Its flavor and color tooThey deepen as they get older. Once the cheese is reduced, the aging process stops.

Wines that pair well with Taleggio cheese include the Italian wines of Nebbiolo, Merlot, Riesling and Sauternes. Other suitable pairing of wine are Barolo, Soave, Chianti Riserva or Barbaresco. Many people enjoy it spreading to crunchy Italian bread, paired with fruit or melted on pasta. It can also be used in salads, bruschetta, polenta and risotto.

The name Taleggio comes from Val Taleggio - Alpine Valley in the Italian region of Lombardie. Val Taleggio is shared between Bergamo and Lecco provinces. He is well known for his cow cheeses such as Taleggio cheese.

There are changes in the preparation of Taleggio cheese. When the bark is covered with molds, it can be seen stains of green or gray molds. These mold spots are commonly called a blom. Instead of stimulating molds to grow on the crust mistake of seawater, the cheese can be covereden wax. The most common shapes for this cheese are rectangles and squares.