Lone Wheel of Ripening Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Modena Italy
by Deborah League
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Lone Wheel of Ripening Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Modena Italy
Artist
Deborah League
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
On a recent trip to Modena, Italy I toured a production facility where Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is made. Using just three ingredients; milk, salt and rennet, and eight centuries of cheese making experience, cheese artisans in Italy craft what is reverently known around the world as the King Of Cheese.
The image is of a lone 600-liter wheel of cheese on one of the many wooden pallets in the ripening room. The wheel clearly displays it's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) mark, indicating it is entitled to be called Parmigiano-Reggiano. These marks are subdivided into marks of origin and grade selection. A few hours after being molded, the cheese maker places a special marking band engraved the month and year of production as well as its cheese dairy registration number and the unmistakable dotted inscriptions around the complete circumference of the cheese wheel. This band is removed after a few days, whereupon the infant cheese wheel is immersed in a water and salt-saturated solution. After this, the cheese if moved into a cool dark resting room for a minimum of 12 months.
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October 27th, 2019
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