Pallone di Gravina vs Provolone
Pallone di Gravina
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Apulia and Basilicata
Pallone di Gravina is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Apulia and Basilicata, in the south of Italy. The word pallone means a large ball, and makers shape the cheese that way after they stretch the curd. It sits in the same broad family as caciocavallo and provolone, with a smooth paste and a firm natural rind. A young ball is pale and supple. An older one turns deeper gold, harder, and more savory on the tongue.
Provolone
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Southern Italy
Provolone is a stretched-curd cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy that is hung and aged. Dolce is young and mild. Piccante is older and sharper.