Asiago vs Crucolo
Asiago
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Veneto
- Status
- PDO
Asiago is a cow's-milk cheese from the Asiago plateau in Veneto and from the protected zone around it. Pressato is young, pale, and mild. D'allevo is aged until it is firm and sharper.
Crucolo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Trentino
Crucolo is a cow's milk cheese from Trentino, in northern Italy. The paste is semi-hard, pale, and dotted with small irregular eyes, and it feels moist and buttery rather than dry. The taste is rich and mildly savory, with a tangy finish that keeps it from being bland. Wheels are turned and kept moist while they age, so the rind stays supple and the interior stays open. It is a table cheese that also melts, and it is less famous than the hard grating cheeses of Italy.