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A semi-hard cheese with a sharp piquant flavour, Provolone Piccante is a straight-up, no-nonsense table cheese with a strength of body that shines through in its hefty salt content, rich milkiness, and compact paste. The origins of this Italian cow’s milk cheese lie in southern Italy—which is why its name derives from a word in the Neapolitan dialect: ‘prova,’ which means ‘globe’—but the greater freedom to travel that Italians enjoyed post-Napoleon saw southern Italian dairy farmers travel north into the fertile Po Valley agricultural area where Provolone Piccante is still produced today. The ‘globe’ name arose from Provolone’s stretched curd paste, which allows it to be formed not only into globes but in fact a whole range of shapes from pears and cones through to fanciful animals and figurines.
Italy/Chilled – 6kg/1 kg Log
