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    What is Stracchino Cheese?

    Published: Nov 8, 2021 · Modified: Nov 17, 2021 by Neriz

    Soft and delicate cheese from North Italy, stracchino is a delicious and versatile cheese that you can use in many dishes.  Find out all about it here!

    Cover image for Stracchino Cheese post, showing a square of it with some fresh rucola on top and in the background.

    Known to have originated in the Lombardy region, stracchino (stra-kee-no) is now being produced in Piedmont, Veneto, and Liguria.

    Although they might call it differently in different regions, like ‘crescenza‘ in Liguria, it’s easily identifiable by its softness and creaminess — very delicate in flavor and aroma.

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    • Stracchino cheese substitute
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    • How to use stracchino

    Quick facts

    An infogrpahic showing high level facts about stracchino cheese.

    The name stracchino is derived from the Lombardian dialect for tired — ‘stracco.’  It refers to cows that returned tired from all their grazing, hence producing very little milk.

    Initially, to make this cheese, you only need little milk and a short number of days for maturation — thirty days at max.

    Nowadays, though, stracchino cheese is:

    • Generally made with whole cow’s milk, giving us a buttery texture with the full flavor of milk. 
    • Eaten fresh or after letting it age for no more than fourteen days.

    Stracchino cheese substitute

    Taleggio, another Italian cheese, is the best substitute that you can use.  

    Although it has a bit of a more robust aroma, the flavor and texture are very similar to stracchino.

    FAQs

    How long can I store it?

    Placed in an airtight container in the refrigerator, it will be suitable for two to three days.

    How will I know that it’s no longer good to eat?

    Stracchino is milky white in color, so if you see some yellowish tint on the cheese, throw it away — that’s an indicator that it’s already spoiled.

    How to use stracchino

    Focaccia col Formaggio

    It’s a Ligurian specialty where crescenza cheese is used as a filling for slightly thinner focaccia bread. 

    When they cut the focaccia into squares (or rectangles) for serving, you see the cheese oozing out between the bread.  Yum!

    A sandwich made of Italian flatbread, mortadella and some rucola, served with a glass of white wine, ready to be savoured.

    Piadina (Italian Flatbread)

    In the Emilia-Romagna region, it’s normal to see it used with some cured meat or other vegetables like rucola — inside a folded Italian flatbread.

    A cascione sliced into portions, served as an appetizer, highlighting the cheese oozing out of them.

    Cascione

    For the larger Romagna areas (including Marche, Umbria, etc.), stracchino cheese is used as a filling for two pieces of piadina instead of folding them.

    Then the cascione is cut into portions and typically served as an appetizer.

    A closer shot of a serving of risotto alla milanese, highlighting the creaminess of the rice.

    Risotto alla Milanese

    Adding stracchino to any risotto will surely amp up its creaminess.  

    You do this in the last cooking stage, the same time when you add a chunk of butter and freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano.

    So give it a try one of these days!

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