Sottocenere al tartufo vs Taleggio
Sottocenere al tartufo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
Sottocenere al tartufo is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Italy, studded with black truffle. The name means under ash with truffle. A grey-brown coat of ash and warm spices covers a pale paste. The ash is an old Italian way to keep the aroma in the wheel while it rests. Truffle pieces are mixed into the curd, so the smell is in the cheese and not only on the rind.
Taleggio
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
- Status
- PDO
Taleggio is a square washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Lombardy, and a protected name. It is named for Val Taleggio, in the mountains north of Bergamo.