Blue cheese
Gorgonzola
Quick answer
Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese sold as soft 'dolce' or firmer, sharper 'piccante'.
Named after a town near Milan; it is pierced with needles to let blue mold develop.
How to use it: gnocchi sauce, risotto, with pears and walnuts, on polenta.
- Type
- Blue cheese
- Origin
- Lombardy and Piedmont (DOP)
- Milk
- Cow's milk
- Best uses
- gnocchi sauce, risotto, with pears and walnuts, on polenta.
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