How real Italian Parmesan cheese is made

Parmesan cheese is popular worldwide but not exactly cheap - and there is a reason for this: it can only be produced in a specific region in the north of Italy. Its production is laborious and requires a lot of manual work and time. Some Parmesan cheeses mature for several decades. In this video, we explain exactly how Parmesan cheese is made. And also how you can tell whether it's real or fake.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:27 Parmesan territory
01:20 Cheese making process
02:59 Quality test
03:50 Fake vs. real Parmesan
04:32 Opening of the cheese wheel
05:10 Parmesan’s versatility
05:35 Outro
CREDITS
Report: Susanne Gessner, Michael Kadereit
Camera: Michael Kadereit
Edit: Susanne Gessner
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
#parmesan #cheese #italy
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[@DWFood]

What do you like to eat with Parmesan cheese? 🧀

[@Pielededrac]

The best is by itself.......brake in small pieces and eat as is......!

[@clovisdacruz6078]

In a gabagool and veal Parmesan sandwich grilled off the radiator.

[@Barbarra63297]

Just about anything! It just tastes so good with so many varieties of foods!

[@dggdrdg]

Best accompany is fine DOCG registered Tuscany Red Wine,

[@khaitran43]

i’m glad i can afford to eat a slice of parmesan everyday, best cheese ever 🤤

[@Krzys_D]

Was in Italy last month and picked up some 24 month aged, wow is amazing the little salt crystals inside of it are 🤤🤤🤤

[@oreally8605]

Salads should be eaten with this wonderful cheese. But wow is it expensive!

[@richardmartin3932]

I never knew all parmesan is just aged mozzarella, cool.

[@Ride-With-Me-69]

Now I'm going to add parmesan cheese to my pineapple pizza.

[@vichope6408]

When i was 7. I use to eat 2 parmesan cheese wheels a day for 3 years. Now i am 54. Classic

[@saturejsavory]

by calorie its the best dairy product for vitamin and mineral content as well just need to reduce salt elsewhere in the diet

[@belmont8792]

22 year old 🧀 Cheese 😮 Made for minds

[@bensmith7536]

00:21 nice name badge Giuseppe has on there.

[@mohammedyusuf4227]

I'm an Indian,I have no words to describe your standards, quality of taking care of the parmesan cheese 🍕🧀..❤❤

[@MurphyTheOldMan]

Italy is now the new India

[@loanicastillo3327]

But are they vegetarians? Most kill their animals.

[@ritaferreyraarce8694]

Linda fábrica

[@neoasura]

I've had the real stuff, trust me, you can easily get plenty of "fake" cheese that tastes' almost exactly, trying to gatekeep the "real" cheese lol

[@HectorOvalle18]

The problem is with the name as it is the name of the town is made

[@sangeetawesley6683]

Wow ❤

[@jkgou1]

To ordinary cheese
This one is called heavy duty, very strong and unique flavor, my all time favorite.

[@alexiachimciuc3199]

Maybe 15 liters for final aged product. It's impossible to obtain one kilogram of fresh milk curdle from that huge quantity of milk.

[@ChadWilson]

It's like they need one of the knives used to process tuna in Japan to cut the chees3.

[@MakoRuu]

Imagine just stealing some cheese. lol

[@alexnsacto]

Dice onions into the meat mixture, brown and simmer in spaghetti sauce , sprinkle with parmesan , wha lah

[@zukacs]

I tried russian parmesan, its not bad for price. locals say its getting better every year

[@MrLiangyuwei]

I can see how that poor fella got crushed by his cheeses

[@IvanIvanov-gu6mw]

So its like chaimaigne and cognac nice but overrated

[@thelastbison2241]

As long as it isn't like fake honey with fillers; I am ok with it.

[@Cookieduhh95]

I am human
You have no idea how it is possible for us to only survive on drinking water and air , without food between 2 to 4 days
Let alone cheese .

[@user-vi3lh2wl3p]

Deliciosos

[@ngalloy8696]

😊Too many fake cheese in Asia too

[@JackRed6666]

i like the cheese from between my toes

[@windertrodriguezcordero2305]

Super Quesos

[@deathhulk8860]

your jordans might be fake

[@ngalloy8696]

😂There are so many fake cheese in Sg Asia NTUC. How to know which one is REAL!😊

[@LogicGoldVEVO]

🤌🏽 Cheeeeseed, why this cheese smells like someone with foot desease step all over it? Any comments about that particular smell?

[@antofab]

It does not, you never tried the original one...

[@onyachamp]

Can't be parmesan unless it's made in a certain part of Italy.
Hahhahah, ok😂😂😂

[@nosferatus777]

Risus abundat in ore stultorum !!

[@iznasen]

0:27 rather say "Parmigiano Reggiano -wich is a territorial denomination" can only be attributed to parmesane cheese made in that parma region. But this doesn't mean the rest of the worlds Parmesan cheese isn't Parmesan.

[@fvanced]

I agree. Imagine European calling Swiss and Belgian chocolates when they don't even have cacao plants.

[@nosferatus777]

Yeah Fake!!

[@tonymahony7936]

If it’s not from a shaker and from Kraft it’s fake.

[@bearhood2004]

The best Parmesan cheese is made by Kraft

[@eugene7145]

LOL

[@barry4988]

Most things from Italy 🇮🇹 are fugazzi...😕😕😕

[@DWFood]

In which way?

[@murranz]

Parmesan not parmigian

[@Maloenton-Agency]

"Parmigiano" , not "Parmesan"......Parmesan is a poor copy of Parmigiano Reggiano! 🧀