Bufala Gorgonzola
Cheese on a Low-Sodium Diet?
I'm a lifelong cheese lover, but I've just been told by my doctor that I need to consume a low-sodium diet. Does this mean the end of interesting cheese for me?
I've purchased this (Bufala Gorgonzola) cheese at a local store a week ago. Everyone loved it at home.
I later wanted to find it on the Internet but could not. The store told me that this cheese is "new" and hence they don't have it elsewhere, how is that possible?
thanks,
Yury.
Re Bufala Gorgonzola
Hi Yury,
Thanks for your enquiry. I'm thinking that the cheese in question could be Blu di Bufala, made by Quattro Portoni in Italy. In fact, Culture just did a large feature on them in the current Speing 2011 issue, written by Janet Fletcher.
The cheese is not really a Gorgonzola, but it is a blue cheese made from Buffalo milk and, as you rightly say, these are very unusual. In fact, I don't know of any others currently in production. The other thing that makes me think there is no actual Gorgonzola made from Buffalo milk is that there are very strict rules surrounding the production of Gorgonzola, which state that it must be made from cow's milk, according to tradition.
I hope this is of help.
Kate A
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