Dairy
Gorgonzola
Also called gorgonzola dolce, gorgonzola piccante
A blue-veined cow's-milk cheese from Lombardy and Piedmont. Gorgonzola dolce is young, soft and creamy; gorgonzola piccante is aged longer, firmer and sharper.
Origin
Lombardy and Piedmont, named for a town near Milan.
Flavour
Creamy and tangy, with a salty blue bite that grows stronger with age.
How to use it
Dot small pieces of gorgonzola dolce on pizza or melt it into risotto and sauces off the heat; crumble piccante into salads or eat it with pears and walnuts.
Storage
Wrap in foil or waxed paper and refrigerate; eat dolce within a week of cutting.
Recipes using it
Pizza quattro formaggi
The white pizza of four cheeses: fior di latte, gorgonzola, fontina and Parmigiano melting together on a blistered crust, with no tomato.
Medium
Buffalo wings
Unbreaded chicken wings fried crisp and tossed in cayenne hot sauce and melted butter, with blue cheese dip and celery sticks.
MediumMedium heat
Cobb salad
Chopped lettuce and watercress laid out in rows with chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato and blue cheese, dressed in a sharp red wine vinaigrette.
Easy
