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Parmigiano Reggiano is a signature dish of Italy; we have verified places to eat it in Modena and Parma.
Parmigiano Reggiano is the hard cow's milk cheese made in Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, part of Bologna and part of Mantua, aged at least 12 months and eaten in chunks or grated over pasta.
Legend places the cheese's birth in the Middle Ages at Bibbiano in Reggio Emilia, from where it spread to the Parma and Modena areas. The first written record dates from 1254, and in 1348 Boccaccio's Decameron imagined a mountain of grated Parmesan whose people did nothing but make macaroni and ravioli, boil them in capon broth and roll them down it. Modena province lies inside the protected production zone.
Where to eat in Modena:
Where to eat Parmigiano Reggiano in Modena: the editor picks
The granular, crystal-studded cheese aged 12 to over 100 months in the dairies around Parma. Eaten in chunks with balsamico, grated over everything, and visited at the source.
Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries drained the plain around Parma and Reggio in the Middle Ages and needed a cheese that kept; nine centuries later the recipe is still milk, salt, rennet and time. Boccaccio already joked about a mountain of grated Parmigiano in the 1350s. The consortium fire-brands every approved wheel, dairies like Gennari and San Pier Damiani welcome visitors to the morning make, and ageings now stretch past 100 months for collectors.
Where to eat in Parma:
Where to eat Parmigiano Reggiano in Parma: the editor picks
Viator · 5 to 6 h
A journey to discover secrets and most authentic flavors of our land. We will start from the King of Cheeses, the Parmigiano Reggiano, visiting a family-run farm, wher...
Viator · 4 h
Experience the Secrets of Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese: Tour the Factory, Learn the Process, and Enjoy a Tasting! Put on a lab coat and get ready to visit a Parmigiano R...
Guided tour · 1.5 hours
Discover the art of cheese-making at a historic cooperative near Modena. Explore the production process of Parmigiano Reggiano and enjoy a tasting of different local p...
