Definition of taleggio in English:
taleggio
noun taˈlɛdʒɪəʊtəˈlej(ē)ō
mass nounA type of soft Italian cheese made from cow's milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you can impassively read about truffled taleggio on toast, tuna melt with paprika or a hot muffaletta while gazing at photographs of gooey cheese slathered over toasted bread, you are far stronger than me.
- Calzagatti, a latkelike disk of crispy polenta, is stuffed with a soffritto of kidney beans, pancetta, tomatoes, and onion, and served beside a wedge of taleggio over a layer of thin-sliced coppa.
- Add the taleggio, stir until melted then remove from the heat.
- The green-veined Gorgonzola is quite different from the mould-ripened taleggio.
- The principle I did not like was the serving of a prawn with ripe, screaming taleggio and truffle oil.
Origin
Named after the Taleggio valley in Lombardy.