“Asiago” (aged domestic)
June 8, 2009
Country and region of origin: United States/Wisconsin
Milk: Pasteurized Cow’s Milk
Age: one year
Rind: Black Wax
Creamery: Saputo (“Stella”)
Creamery website: Saputo Website
Properties: A fairly salty, hard cheese that bears little resemblance to the Italian Asiago dAllevo from which it gets its name, this is nonetheless a fairly popular cheese in this country.
Uses: a versatile grating cheese. Some do like this as a table cheese also.
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Production Notes: One of the reasons that Stella cheeses are so popular is that there is little-to-no variation between wheels. Stella aged asiago is the same in December as it is in June. Thats consistency is comforting to Stellas particular demographic. An interesting note is that there is also little difference between this cheese and Stellas Parmesan cheese. Stella cheese are all customer favorites.
