Do you want to know the Mbest dish of 2021? Last October was the Parmigiano Reggiano Festival in which they participated a dozen restaurants de Madrid y Barcelona. Each of the restaurants carried out three original or re-invented gastronomic recipes whose undisputed protagonist was this great Italian product: the Parmesan Cheese. If you want to know all the details about the festival and where to find the best dish of 2021 you just have to Keep reading.
Parmigiano Reggiano is a fine cheese known and appreciated worldwide. It is produced in the Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, and parts of Mantua and Bologna regions. Made with unpasteurized cow's milk, it is a semi-fat cheese with a hard texture, finely grained, white or pale yellow in color with a natural pale yellow rind. It is characterized by a perfumed and delicate flavor but full and never strong. AOP Agriform
The Parmigiano Reggiano Festival: Best Dish 2021
El Parmigiano Reggiano Festival was held this year for the first time in Madrid and by seventh consecutive year en Barcelona. Those who judge the dishes of the different restaurants and decide the winner are the Madrid and Barcelona delegations of the Italian Academy of Cucina. Furthermore, the Parmigiano Reggiano is protected by a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), whose crafting requirements they are quite demanding. We are not talking about just any cheese.
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Agreste by Fabio & Roser, Eroica Caffe Barcelona, leccabaffi, My Fucking Restaurant y Caps 2254 in Barcelona; Y Don Giovanni, The Pirate's Tavernette, Enjoyment, Popular Trattoria y We in Madrid were the restaurants that participated in the contest. Each of them created desserts, pastas, pizzas, main dishes, etc. with the so-called "King of Cheeses" as principal ingredient. With their participation they had the opportunity to present some of their dishes to the contest “Best dish of 2021” and, although all of them were exquisite, only of they got the highest rating.
En Madrid he won noi restaurant, an Italian located in the center of Madrid, with "The Parmigiana", with a price of 20 euros. Parmigiana is a dish that traditionally consists of an aubergine lasagna, but WHO WE ARE takes the dish to a creamier concept. So they add parmesan siphon, basil pesto, tempered buffalo mozzarella y tomato powder. En Barcelona the winning dish was “Iced cream of Parmigiano Reggiano, mushrooms and hazelnuts” of the AGRESTE restaurant. A very good looking dessert. true?
The Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano is known in Spain as Parmesan and is covered by a DOP very rigorous. It is an artisanal cheese without additives, with raw cow's milk, rennet of suckling calves and common salt. The production process is totally natural, since due to the high quality of the milk it is not necessary to thermally treat the raw milk to transform it. In addition, the product is completely finished within the PDO provinces to ensure its traceability.
La Origin Area of the Parmigiano Reggiano includes the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantua y Bologna which are located in the regions Emilia Romagna and a part of Lombardy. El Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is who controls the DOP. This ensures that this producing area is the only one that grows the indigenous fodder with which they feed more than 265.000 cows of over 24 months old, whose diet is exquisite.
If we want to try the "King of the cheese« we can buy it in various supermarkets. For example, him English court sell it for a few 30 euros the kilo. On the other hand, in Carrefour they're selling this 10 euros more expensive, about 40 euros per kilo. The price is influenced by factors such as maturation, despite the fact that more maturation does not mean more quality. The established maturation time for Parmigiano Reggiano is 12 months. It is true that it is not a particularly cheap cheese, but the piece of 250 grams it costs about €10: an affordable price What are you waiting for to try it?
