Our cheeses come from the Bergamo valleys and, in particular, from the Brembana Valley, from whose pastures delicious products such as Branzi, Bitto, Strachitunt and many others are born.
Val Brembana
Acomplete trip in Bergamo's flavours. Formai de mut, Branzi, Bitto, Taleggio, Strachitunt, Grana Padano, Gorgonzola and Quartirolo lombardo (0,2 Kg. each), with a bottle of Valcalepio bianco DOC
STRACHITUNT Considered the ancestor of gorgonzola and the descendant of taleggio, it is still produced with the techniques handed down over the centuries. of hazel-colored spots, compact and melting in the sub-layer and herbaceous aromas. |
QUARTIROLO LOMBARDO The beginning of its production dates back to the 10th century. The shape is quadrangular parallelepiped with flat faces with straight barefoot. The rind is thin and soft, rosy white in the first seasoned cheeses and reddish gray-green in the mature ones. The structure of the dough is joined, slightly lumpy, possibly with small detachments, crumbly and becomes more compact and soft with the progress of the seasoning. The color ranges from white to straw-white, it can become more intense. |
GORGONZOLA It is a raw paste cheese, with pasteurized milk, fat, white straw-colored, whose green streaks are due to the marbling process, that is to the formation of mold due to the addition of penicillium spores to milk (mostly selected crops at industrial level). The crust is edible. There are two main types, although to be regulated, which are similarly called essentially different: - sweet, which is creamy with a soft dough with a particular and slightly spicy flavor; - spicy, with a stronger and stronger flavor and a semi-hard, more firm and crumbly texture and similar to the marinades of French origin. However, there are gorgonzola formally (as per the regulations) defined as "sweets" which are, due to processing, seasoning or mold quality, actually very spicy. |
TALEGGIO The Taleggio takes its name from the homonymous valley, located in the upper Bergamo area. - Crust: thin, of soft consistency and of natural pink color, with presence of characteristic gray and green molds - light sage. - Pasta: uniform and compact, softer under the crust and at the end of maturing, more friable in the center of the shape. - Color: varies from white to straw, with some very small holes. - Taste: sweet, with very slight acidulous vein, slightly aromatic, sometimes with truffle. |
GRANA PADANO The story goes that the Grana Padano cheese was born in 1134 in the abbey of Chiaravalle, a few kilometers south of Milan. It was produced in special boilers inside the monasteries that can be considered the first dairies. The monks called it caseus vetus, old cheese. The people who were not familiar with Latin, gave it another name, derived from the peculiarity of the pasta, compact but granular. This gave rise to the name of grana cheese or more simply grana. |
BRANZI Branzi is one of the oldest and most typical cheese of the Orobie. - Semi-cooked cheese with a cylindrical shape. - Pasta: soft straw-colored. - Taste: sweet and delicate; with aging it is more pronounced, tending to spicy. - Aroma: characterized by the vegetable essences present in the forages. |
FORMAI DE MUT This cheese is produced in the high mountains, on peaks ranging from 1200 to 2500 meters. - Crust: gray and thin - Taste: delicate, not spicy Ideal to taste with polenta, it goes well with red Valcalepio wine, however, with cheese consumed after short curing, dry white wines are also goo. |
BITTO The birth of Bitto is traced back to the Celts who, after being hunted from the plain, found refuge in Valtellina. - Pasta: from white to straw yellow according to seasoning - Crust: compact, straw-yellow with more intense aging, between 2 and 4 millimeters thick - Taste: sweet, delicate, consistent aromatic notes of mountain pastures |
Do you know Bergamo? Maybe not ... and it's a real shame!
Bergamo is a small town located 50 km northeast of Milan.
The enchanting medieval center (the Upper Town), surrounded by the Venetian walls (declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017), served by the International Airport of Orio al Serio, is only the center of a vast and varied territory, formed by mountains (the Orobic Prealps), lakes and plains. In this varied landscape, first quality food and wine products are born.
Bergamo is also known as the "European capital of cheese", as it is the only province in Europe that can boast the paternity of nine DOP cheeses: Formai de Mut, Taleggio, Bitto, Grana Padano, Gorgonzola, Quartirolo Lombardo, Provolone Valpadana, Salva Cremasco and Strachitunt.
From the pastures from which these exquisite cheeses are born, we pass to the hills of Valcalepio, from whose vines the homonymous wine is produced. A robust red wine and a delicate white wine that goes well with meats, cured meats and, of course, cheeses.
From the union of these gastronomic excellences the idea of the Tasty Box is born: an original and captivating packaging that unites tastes and flavors of the lands of Bergamo.
Our cheeses come from the Bergamo valleys and, in particular, from the Brembana Valley, from whose pastures delicious products such as Branzi, Bitto, Strachitunt and many others are born.
Val Brembana