The product
Quartirolo Lombardo DOP
A typical table cheese from the Lombardy tradition
Code:
20965
Country of origin:
Italy - Lombardy
Type of Milk:
Cow's milk
Weight:
1 kg approx
Minimum order:
1 piece
| Description | Typical cheese from the Lombardy tradition produced with pasteurized cow's milk |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Rindless, the colour of the paste is wilky white, without eyes; the paste is chalky and crumbly |
| Taste | The taste is milky, sweet and creamy. The aftertaste is fresh, slightly acid with long aromas from the milk and the animal |
| Maturing | Few days |
| Curiosity | The Quartirolo Lombardo, has been produced since the 10th century. At that time was called 'stracchino quadro' or square stracchino. The name 'quartirolo' was given to it because the cows coming back from the summer alpine pastures were fed with the last fresh grass called 'quartirola'. This grass used to be the most aromatic of all the year |
| Suggestions | Try it diced in salads or with cherry tomatoes and olives mediterranean style |
| Weight | 1 kg approx |
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| Packaging | Vacuum packed |
The producer
Carozzi Formaggi - Pasturo (LC) - Lombardy
Why we chose them
Valsassina, the area of Lecco lake, offers a special microclimate that is ideal for the processing of cheese. It is here that the family Carozzi has
worked for more than 50 years. Founded in 1960 by Aldo Carozzi, the company is run now by the third generation: Roberto Carozzi with his wife
Donata and their three children Vera, Aldo and Marco. Carozzi combines his passion, the modern technology of his factory and the precious milk
from the dairies of the area. In his modern factory in Pasturo (LC), the human effort is still fundamental and it focuses on the maturation of the
cheese, the main activity of Carozzi business for all these years. With commitment and know-how, sensibility and patience, skill and respect,
Carozzi
refines all the great PDO cheeses of Lombardy region: Gorgonzola, Taleggio, Quartirolo
