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A cheese that climbs a mountain and comes back as something completely different.
means A firm Italian cow's-milk cheese that ranges from young and mild to aged, hard, and sharply nutty, named for the place it comes from.
from Named for the Asiago plateau in the Veneto region of northern Italy, up in the foothills of the Alps, where the cheese has been made for centuries — originally from sheep's milk before cows took over. The place-name itself is old and of uncertain root, possibly pre-Latin, like many names clinging to that mountainous corner of Italy. Like Parmesan or Gorgonzola, asiago is a cheese that wears its hometown as its name.
- alpine origin
- Born on a high plateau in northern Italy
- two faces
- Young and soft, or aged into sharp gold
- protected name
- Holds EU status; impostors banned by law
- altitude matters
- Best versions come from over 600 meters up
asiago pressato — semi-cooked pressed variety produced in the asiago plateau, northeastern italy
asiago d'allevo — aged version with minimum 12 months maturation from the same venetian region