Acceglio (cheese)
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Acceglio is an
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
cow's milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Milk contains many nutr ...
cheese Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...
made in
Acceglio Acceglio (Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Acelh'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont. It is located above Prazzo in the upper Valle Maira about southwest of Turin and about we ...
, in the
Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
region. It is made with
skimmed milk Skimmed milk (British English), or skim milk (American English), is made when all the milkfat is removed from whole milk. It tends to contain around 0.1% to 0.3% fat. Background Historically, skimmed milk was used for fattening pigs, and was re ...
, is unseasoned and must be consumed fresh. It is produced only in the summer.


See also

* List of Italian cheeses


References

Piedmontese cheeses {{Italy-cheese-stub