Parmesan Part 3

After our tour of the Dairy it was time for us to get to grips with the taste of Parmesan Reggiani. We had experienced the smell of fresh parmesan curds - very lactic - and thousands of maturing parmesan cheeses (which it has to be said was amazing and surprisingly not redolent of a laundry basket at all) but so far no tastes.

In a large tent in front of the farm shop were a series of trestle tables and benches. On the tables was ranged 3 ages of organic Parmigiano Reggiano, Caciotta (a very soft rinded cheese), Ricotta, bread, balsamic vinegar and olive oil, honey, lambrusco, and still and sparkling mineral water. A huge amount of 24, 40 & 80 month parmesan was hacked off, and we were told to help ourselves. Excellent!!

Everything was proper local produce, fresh (apart from the mature cheese) and extremely tasty. In some places you would pay a lot of money for that much nourishment, but it was part of our 20€ per person tour.

After the tour we visited the farm shop and bought 1kg of 40 month old, and 1kg of 80 month old cheese. The total cost for all that dairy goodness? 53€50. For two kilograms of artisan made, organic, mature Parmesan.

If you're near Modena I thoroughly recommend that you visit Caseificio Bio Reggiani. It was an amazing experience, and we have a fridge full (ok, half full) of memories. We have visited quite a few food producers, but this was the best food tour experience I have had. They also have an online shop just in case you're feeling parmesan deprived.

Caseificio Bio Reggiani
Via Baracca 6/A
Castelfranco Emilia MO
41013
Italy
https://bioreggiani.com/en/