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the cheese that smells like a locker room but tastes like an apology accepted
means A soft, washed-rind Italian cow's-milk cheese with a pungent aroma and a mild, fruity, faintly tangy flavor.
from Named for the Val Taleggio, a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, where the cheese has been made and aged in caves for centuries. The valley itself lends its name to the cheese — a habit Italy indulges often, letting the land sign its own dairy.
- age
- Documented in Italy since the 10th century
- washed rind
- Bathed in seawater brine to deter mold
- name origin
- From a valley near Bergamo, Lombardy
- texture trick
- Pungent crust, shockingly mild creamy interior
- protected
- Holds EU DOP status since 1996
for instance
taleggio dop — protected designation of origin cheese from lombardy, italy, made since the 11th century in the val taleggio valley
artigianale taleggio — hand-made version produced by small dairies in northern italy, particularly around bergamo province