Why Parmesan Cheese Is So Expensive | Regional Eats | Food Insider
A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000. A single wheel takes at least one year to age, 131 gallons of milk to make, and it can only be made in a restricted area in northern Italy, in the region of Emilia Romagna. We visited a dairy in Parma, Italy to find out how the cheese is made and why it is so expensive.
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How One Of Italy's Rarest, Most Expensive Cheeses Is Made | Regional Eats
Caciocavallo cheese is one of the most popular cheeses in Italy and is famous for its signature elongated shape. In the caciocavallo family, there is one kind that is so rare that at times it can be even more expensive than the finest of Parmesans: caciocavallo Podolico. This special type of caciocavallo is made with the raw milk of Podolica cattle, a rare breed of cattle confined to a few areas where water is scarce and survival is difficult. One of these is the Gargano, a peninsula whose close proximity to the sea gives Podolica cows’ milk a rich, earthy flavor. This milk,in combination with how the cheese is aged, lends a salty, sharp, almost spicy flavor to the finished product. Virginio Frumenzio, a full-time livestock breeder and part-time cheesemaker, shares the story of this incredible cheese with us.
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How Italian Gorgonzola Cheese Is Made | Regional Eats | Food Insider
The Gorgonzola industry is worth over $800 million. Almost 5 million wheels are produced each year and production is confined to the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. There are only 29 dairies in the world certified to produce this cheese. We visited Caseificio Si Invernizzi in Trecate, Piedmont, Italy, where between 450 and 500 Gorgonzola wheels are made every day.
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How 20 Cheeses Are Made Around The World | Regional Eats | Insider Food Marathon
We have traveled all over the globe to see how 20 famous regional cheeses are made.
From Mozzarella to Stilton — Emmentaler to Brie. Sit back and enjoy as we meet the artisans, learn the processes, and eat some of the best cheeses in the world.
Our first stop is the Netherlands to see how Gouda is made.
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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Gouda
9:52 - Mozzarella
19:08 - Swiss Emmentaler
26:54 - Brie
38:20 - Stilton
47:13 - Cheese Curds
56:10 - Italian Gorgonzola cheese
1:04:58 - Manchego Cheese
1:13:47 - Parmigiano Reggiano
1:23:35 - Cornish Yarg Cheese
1:31:33 - Feta Cheese
1:37:25 - Gruyère Cheese
1:43:59 - Camembert Cheese
1:51:45 - Ricotta Cheese
2:00:41 - Caciocavallo
2:10:58 - Stinking Bishop
2:19:43 - Burrata Cheese
2:31:25 - Cheddar Cheese
2:39:15 - São Jorge Cheese
2:45:50 - Red Leicester
2:51:40 - Credits
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How Swiss Emmentaler Cheese Is Made | Regional Eats
In the US it's known as 'Swiss cheese'. Emmentaler has iconic holes in it, and it's also the world's largest cheese. We visited the Emmentaler Shaukaeserei in town of Affoltern in Emmental, east of Bern, to see how it's made. Eighty percent of the production of all Emmentaler AOP comes from this region, with 150 producers.
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How Traditional English Stilton Cheese Is Made At A 100-Year-Old Dairy | Regional Eats
Stilton cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, in the east of England. The earliest reports of cheese made and sold here date to the 17th century. In 1724, English writer Daniel Defoe referred to the town being famous for cheese, calling the product the English Parmesan. Today, Stilton can only be made in six dairies, which are spread across three counties in England: Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire. We visited Colston Bassett Dairy in Nottinghamshire to learn more about the cheese is made.
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How Traditional French Camembert Is Made | Regional Eats
Sweet and creamy, Camembert holds a special place in the heart of cheese lovers. The iconic cheese originated in the northern French region of Normandy, where it has been made for centuries. Today, France makes 360 million wheels of Camembert each year. We visited Le 5 Frères, a family-run farm in the village of Bermonville that makes Camembert following the traditional recipe using raw milk and ladles it into molds by hand.
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How Brie De Meaux Cheese Is Made In France | Regional Eats
Insider's Claudia Romeo traveled to Seine-et-Marne, France to visit Ferme des 30 Arpents. The farm is one of seven farms making raw-milk Brie de Meaux cheese, and the only one that makes it fermier, which means that the cheese is made by hand solely with milk produced by the 250 cows at the farm. Every day, Ferme des 30 Arpents will make about 300 wheels of Brie de Meaux from its herd's milk.
Editor's note: This footage was filmed on February 14, 2020. At present, Ferme des 30 Arpents has implemented preventive measures to ensure everyone's safety and has adopted the health regulations in force for its production of farmhouse cheeses.
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How Ricotta Cheese Is Made In Italy | Regional Eats
Ricotta is a very versatile cheese that can be eaten in very different ways. And, technically speaking, it’s not even really a cheese, because it comes from the liquid whey when the milk is curdled. Bigger dairies that make cheese often consider liquid whey just a leftover product and use it to feed livestock or even discard it.
But for smaller, local dairies here in Italy, it is a great opportunity to optimize their resources and get something great out of them. We visited a dairy in the town of Locorotondo, Italy, where cheesemaker Giovanni Montanaro transformed liquid whey into ricotta.
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Why ‘Ethical’ Foie Gras Is So Expensive | So Expensive Food | Business Insider
Foie gras is a pricey delicacy, costing $40 to $80 a pound. It's also controversial, with bans in several countries and cities like New York planning bans of their own.
The reason for the cost and the controversy is that it's produced by force-feeding ducks and geese. But in Extremadura, Spain, fifth-generation farmer Eduardo Sousa is trying something different: natural foie gras.
Instead of force-feeding, Eduardo allows his geese to feed naturally on acorns and olives, and his processes have been certified by Spain's National Association of Ethical Food Producers. A tiny 180-gram jar will cost you 200 euros. But what exactly makes it ethical, and why is it so expensive?
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Hypnotizing Birds: 3:05
Making Foie Gras: 4:20
Describing Flavor: 4:56
Sustainability: 5:43
Foie Gras Industry: 6:14
Climate Change Impact: 7:36
Family Tradition: 10:12
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How Spanish Manchego Cheese Is Made At A 200-Year-Old Dairy | Regional Eats
Manchego cheese is made in a part of Spain that is called La Mancha, which is just south of Madrid. Evidence of cheesemaking in this region dates to the Bronze Age. We visited Finca La Granja, a fifth-generation family farm that’s been making cheese since the 19th century. The dairy makes about 65 wheels of manchego cheese per day.
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Inside Europe's Biggest Caviar Farm | Regional Eats | Insider Food
Agroittica Lombarda Group in northern Italy produces 15% of the world's caviar. The most expensive caviar produced here, Beluga, cost $5,700 per kilogram. The group is split into two companies: Ars Italica Caviar and Calvisuis Caviar. We visited Ars Italica's farm, where there are four species: Russian sturgeons, starred sturgeons, Adriatic sturgeons, and sterling sturgeons in the albino variety.
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How Italian Burrata Cheese Is Made | Regional Eats
Puglia, Italy, the home region of burrata cheese. Compared to other cheeses, burrata has a very short shelf life. It is best enjoyed fresh, straight from the dairy. We met with local cheesemaker Vincenzo Di Trani to learn more about how it is made. His dairy, Mozzabella, produces about 500 kilos of fresh cheese every day.
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The World’s Best Parmesan Makers Are Banding Together To Keep Italy’s Iconic Cheese In Production
Parmesan cheese comes from one specific region of Italy called Emilia Romagna, which was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus. This put the parmesan cheese industry right at the center of the current crisis. Insider producer Claudia Romeo spoke with Nicola Bertinelli, the president of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium and also the owner of a dairy, to understand how the coronavirus crisis is affecting the making of Italy's most iconic cheese.
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How Authentic Feta Cheese Is Made In Greece | Regional Eats
Feta is made with a combination of sheep's and goat's milk, which gives it that creaminess and an extra kick compared to cow's milk cheeses. But depending on where you are in Greece, you'll get a different tasting feta, from soft and buttery to hard and tangy. It's all down to the combination of the two milks and how much of each you use. We visited Messini Cheesemaking in the Peloponnese to find out all the secrets behind the making of feta cheese.
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This Ball-Shaped Cheese is One of Italy's Rarest Cheeses | Claudia Romeo
Meet the Pallone di Gravina, a rare cheese made in a small part of Puglia, Italy, called Alta Murgia. It has the shape of a perfect ball, and that’s actually what its name translates into in Italian. But its shape is not the only special feature this cheese has. Pallone is made with raw milk, which makes it very challenging to make. So much so that there are only four producers in the area (and in the world!) who make this cheese. I visited one of them, Caseificio Stella Dicecca, in Altamura, Puglia, Italy to see how the Pallone is made.
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