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This page lists more than 1,000 types of Italian cheese but is still incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Pecorino romano. This is an article of Italian cheeses.Italy is the country with the highest variety of cheeses in the world, with over 2,500 traditional varieties, among which are about 500 commercially recognized cheeses [1] and more than 300 kinds of cheese with protected ...
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Bel Paese (Italian pronunciation: [ˌbɛl paˈeːze,-eːse]) or Italico is a semi-soft Italian cheese.It was invented in 1906 by Egidio Galbani who wanted to produce a mild and delicate cheese to sell mainly in Italy.
Provolone (/ ˌ p r oʊ v ə ˈ l oʊ n eɪ, ˌ p r oʊ v ə ˈ l oʊ n i, ˌ p r oʊ v ə ˈ l oʊ n /, [3] Italian: [provoˈloːne]) is an Italian semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It is an aged pasta filata ('stretched-curd') cheese originating in the Campania region, [4] near Vesuvius, where it is still produced in pear, sausage, or cone shapes 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in) long.
Mozzarella (English: / ˌ m ɒ t s ə ˈ r ɛ l ə /, Italian: [mottsaˈrɛlla]; Neapolitan: muzzarella, Neapolitan: [muttsaˈrɛllə]) is a semi-soft non-aged cheese prepared using the pasta filata ('stretched-curd') method with origins from southern Italy. It is prepared with cow's milk or buffalo milk, taking the following names:
They have the Italian abbreviation for PDO (DOP) written on the cheese. Prior to 1996 when the PDO system came into operation, many Italian cheeses were regulated under a denominazione di origine (DO) system, which arose out of the 1951 Stresa Conference and was established under the Italian law 125/54.
Robiola is an Italian soft-ripened cheese of the stracchino family. It is from the Langhe region and made with varying proportions of cow's, goat's, and sheep's milk.One theory is that the cheese gets its name from the comune (municipality) of Robbio, in the province of Pavia; another that the name comes from the word rubeole (ruddy) because of the color of the seasoned rind.
Stracchino (Italian: [strakˈkiːno]), more or less correctly also known as crescenza (Italian: [kreʃˈʃɛntsa]), is an Italian cow's milk cheese typical of the regions of Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Liguria. It is eaten very young, has no rind and has a very soft, creamy texture and normally a mild, slightly acidic ...