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Piedmont awaits with its unique products:cheeses, rice, fish, cured meats, fruitand vegetables. These fruits of the land areguaranteed and safeguarded by the Regionthrough Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) certification: a feast for the eyesand a delight for the palate.Don’t make Piedmont wait!

Piedmont’s PDO and PGI products

The lion’s share of PDO products definitely falls to cheeses.

PDO certification means that both the raw material and the production

process are linked to a specific area, while for PGI products the raw

materials may be purchased outside the area in question.

■ Bra PDO, which comes in soft and hard versions, is made from cow’s milk.

There is also a version made from Alpine meadow milk

■ Castelmagno PDO, one of the most prized blue cheeses,

is made from cow’s milk, with a version made from Alpine meadow milk

■ Robiola di Roccaverano PDO, made between Asti and Alessandria,

is a delicate fresh cheese made from goat’s milk or a blend

■ Gorgonzola PDO, a cow’s milk blue cheese, comes in mild and piquant versions

■ Grana Padano PDO, made from cow’s milk, is available in different types

aged for different periods

■ Murazzano PDO, a soft cheese produced in the Alta Langa area,

is made from sheep’s milk or a mixture of sheep’s and cow’s milk

■ Raschera PDO is made from cow’s milk, sometimes with the addition of

goat’s or sheep’s milk. There is an Alpine version produced at an altitude of

over 900 m.

■ Taleggio PDO, a soft, briefly aged, cow’s milk cheese.

In Piedmont it is made only in the province of Novara

■ Toma Piemontese PDO is a cow’s milk cheese from the Alpine area

of Piedmont, including a version made from Alpine meadow milk

Piedmontawaits you

The aromaof freshly roasted Piedmont PGI hazelnuts,

the sight of creamy white PDO Castelmagno cheese with its characteristic blue veining, the flavour pop of a slice

of Prosciutto Crudo di Cuneo PDO… temptations that are impossible to resist. Because Piedmont knows how

to whet the tastebuds.

Piedmonttempts the tastebuds

Piedmont’s PDO and PGI productsAs well as the cheeses, there are important PDO products like Rice from Baraggia, Prosciutto Crudo from Cuneo, and the Gol-den Tench of Pianalto di Poirino, not forgetting prestigious PGI products like Piedmont hazelnuts, Cuneo chestnuts, Cuneo be-ans and Valle di Susa sweet chestnuts.■ Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese PDO, a prized cereal crop■ Crudo di Cuneo PDO, made from fresh leg of pork ■ Salamini alla Cacciatora PDO, made throughout Piedmont■ The Golden Tench of Pianalto di Poirino PDO, with its tender, delicate meat

■ Cuneo PGI chestnuts, produced in 110 towns in the province of Cuneo■ Cuneo PGI beans, bursting with flavour■ Piedmont PGI hazelnuts, a precious fruit of the Alta Langa area■ Valle di Susa PGI sweet chestnuts, excellent as marrons glacés or preserved in grappa■ Mortadella di Bologna PGI, one of the most famous cured meats ■ Salame Cremona PGI with its characteristic spicy, aromatic flavour

Piedmont’s PAT productsThere are around 150 PAT products belonging to the dairy and

meat sector. Steeped in tradition, these are products that have

been produced, preserved and aged in the same way for

at least 25 years.

■ Bettelmat PAT, a cow’s milk cheese made in

the province of Verbania

■ Toumin dal Mel PAT, a soft cow’s milk cheese from Valle Varaita

■ Bianca Alpina or Toma del Lait Brusc PAT, made in Val di Susa,

Val Sangone and Valli di Lanzo, with a distinctive crumbly texture

■ Maccagno or Macagn PAT, a cow’s milk cheese

made in Valsesia and the valleys around Biella

■ Sambucano PAT Lamb, reared in the

Valle Stura area and neighbouring valleys

■ Mustardela PAT, a traditional sausage from the Val Pellice area

■ Val Vigezzo PAT kid, from an area traditionally

known for goat farming

■ Bra PAT sausage, made mostly from lean beef

discoveringPAT productsPiedmont boasts around 400 Traditional Food Products

(Prodotti Agroalimentari Tradizionali, or PAT) that embody local traditions and characteristic produce. A tour of PAT products is a chance to

explore the flavours and different areas of our region,discovering unique landscapes, settings and villages

that are rich in history and tradition.

Our memories are often linked to a particular aromaor flavour that have the power to take us back

to the time-honoured traditions of the past.PAT products have a deep-seated

bond with their area of origin:at least 25 years of history and

traditions that come back to life in the workof those who produce them every day.

memoriesto savour

Piedmont’s PAT productsPiedmont boasts a rich array of vegetables, fruit and herbs.A heritage of biodiversity that adds value to the land, and brings us

some outstanding produce, from Cervere leeks to Genepy liqueur.■ Nizza Monferrato PAT hunchback cardoons, with their tender, crunchy, white stalks ■ Pecetto PAT cherries, cultivated in an area

with a tradition for cherry-growing■ Cavour and Pinerolese PAT apples, that boast numerous prized local varieties■ Borgo d’Ale PAT peaches, including the delicious variety known as Bella di Borgo d’Ale■ Cervere PAT leeks, slender, tender and delicately flavoured

■ Genepy PAT, a liqueur made from the Genepy plant■ Pancalieri PAT mint essential oil, obtained from distilling peppermint leaves■ Ratafià di Andorno PAT, a liqueur made from black cherries

Behind the PAT, PDO and PGI productsof Piedmont lies the painstaking,

dedicated work of thousands of people,genuine artisans of food who often

work together in consortiums to safeguard and promote the products they create.

the artisansof food

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Piedmont’s PAT products

Piedmont boasts around a hundred PAT products

in the sector of sweets, pastries and baked goods.

These treats are steeped in history and tradition,

and often connected to folklore or religious rituals,

like for example Coppette di Sant’Antonio PAT.

■ Baci di Dama di Tortona PAT, delicate, round,

exquisitely fragrant biscuits

■ Bonet PAT, a sumptuous bain-marie-cooked pudding

■ Canestrelli PAT, fine waffles originally from Crevacuore near Biella

■ Farinata PAT, a tempting savoury chick pea focaccia

made in the Alessandria area

■ Grissino Rubatà PAT, crisp, flavoursome breadsticks

originally from Chieri and Mondovì

■ Krumiri PAT, crunchy biscuits from Casale Monferrato,

with their characteristic ridged surface

■ Zest di Carignano PAT, delicious candied citrus zests

■ PAT hazelnut cake, a famous sweet from the Langhe area

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