Castelmagno Dop 700g: price and online sale

Castelmagno Dop 700g

€ 31,82 for 700g ca.

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Castelmagno Dop 700g

It is one of the most noble and famous cheeses of the Italian alpine tradition. It comes from the Valgrana in Piedmont and is produced with cow's milk, possibly supplemented with sheep and/or goat milk in a percentage ranging from a minimum of 5% to a maximum of 20%.

The Castelmagno DOP can only be produced, aged, and packaged in the administrative territory of the municipalities of Castelmagno, Pradleves, and Monterosso Grana in the province of Cuneo. The milk intended for processing must also come from these municipalities.

Its history

The origin of Castelmagno is very ancient: it is perhaps somewhat later, if not contemporary, to the Gorgonzola, which was already known in 1100. This cheese, however, was already renowned and recognized in the 13th century and in the 1800s it experienced its moment of greatest prestige. With the depopulation of the mountains, it risked extinction in the 1960s of the last century, but in the 1980s there was a production revival up to 1996 with the proper DOP European recognition.

Castelmagno Dop 700g: use in the kitchen

We vacuum-pack the Castelmagno DOP from Beppino Occelli (and who else?) on the morning the order will be shipped, in this case in a portion of about 700 grams. When it arrives at your home, it will enrich meals and enhance classic first courses like potato gnocchi. It pairs excellently with acacia honey or dandelion honey and is delightful with traditional Piedmontese wines such as Arneis, Nebbiolo, or Barbera.

Tasting

The very crumbly pasta, free of holes, is ivory white with a tendency to turn a ochre yellow and may present blue-green veins in the more aged forms. The flavor is fine and delicate, moderately salty at minimum aging and becomes strong and spicy as the aging period increases.