{"id":680,"date":"2008-10-31T06:57:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T06:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2008-10-31T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T06:57:18","slug":"how-parmigiano-reggiano-cheese-wheels-are-cut-into-wedges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/31\/how-parmigiano-reggiano-cheese-wheels-are-cut-into-wedges\/","title":{"rendered":"How Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Wheels are Cut into Wedges"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you’ve never seen parmigiano cut open from its huge wheel, and wonder how they manage to cut it into such ragged and craggy wedges, I assure you it’s entirely on purpose. I took a break of eating samples at the Salone del Gusto<\/a> to snap some pictures of the process in action.<\/p>\n

First he scores the outside of the wheel into the size wedge desired. <\/p>\n

\"Scoring<\/a><\/p>\n

Then the seal is broken on the rind with a deeper cut and the cheese wedge, aptly named, is inserted at a critical point midway towards the center of the cheese wheel.<\/p>\n

\"Wedging<\/a><\/p>\n

Another wedge is used to cut the rear part of the cheese rind and the wedge breaks apart with all those lovely pockets and crags intact.<\/p>\n

\"Wedging<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you’ve never seen parmigiano cut open from its huge wheel, and wonder how they manage to cut it into such ragged and craggy wedges, I assure you it’s entirely on purpose. I took a break of eating samples at the Salone del Gusto to snap some pictures of the process in action. First…<\/p>\n

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