Pairings Provolone Valpadana DOP
How to pair Provolone Valpadana DOP with other foods and the right wine for your moments of conviviality
How many combinations with the Provolone Valpadana can they be made in a single dinner? The answer is many, as you can see from our recipes with appetizers, first, seconds, sauces and even sweets and sandwiches.
We have already seen how easy it is pair Provolone Valpadana with bread: the durum wheat one (Altamura type) for the spicy Provolone Valpadana; while for the sweet one, sesame bread is excellent or, more simply, the classic rosetta.
But the pairings with cheese find fertile ground also in the Cremona mustard, which goes well with this ancient peasant product, as do honeys and some jams, especially fig jam.
Discover the tasting tips and sensory profiles of Provolone Valpadana DOP
Don't forget the pairing of wine and Provolone Valpadana DOP!
As with food, thepairing with wine it's a matter of personal taste.
It is difficult to find one that does not harmonize with Provolone Valpadana but the choice can also be linked to the different type of cheese.
Sweet Provolone Valpadana DOP
Classic method sparkling wines: from Franciacorta to classic Trento to the Classese dell'Oltrepò Pavese, to the Alta Langa Piemontese or the Erbaluce di Caluso sparkling wine from Piedmont.
Medium-bodied white wines
- Roero Arneis from Piedmont
- Nosiola from Trentino
- Tocai Friulano
- Verdicchio of Matelica Marche
- Frascati of Lazio
- Vermentino from Sardinia
- Vermentino Liguria
- Ortrugo of the Piacenza Hills Emilia Romagna
- Petit Arvine from the Aosta Valley
- Durello from the Lessini Mountains Veneto
- Grechetto from Umbria.
Young or medium-bodied red wines
- Sweet Piedmont
- Groppello del Garda in Lombardy
- Teroldego Rotaliano in Trentino
- Lagrein in South Tyrol
- Friulian Schioppettino
- Dry Lambrusco in Emilia Romagna
- Rosso Piceno in the Marche
- Chianti Rufina or Colli Fiorentini in Tuscany
- Castel del Monte, also rosé, in Puglia
- Etna red in Sicily
- Ruchè from Castagnole Monferrato in Piedmont
- Sparkling Gutturnio in Emilia Romagna
- Saint Columbanus in Lombardy
- Tear of Morro d'Alba in the Marche
- Cesanese in Lazio.
Spicy Provolone Valpadana DOP
Classic method sparkling wines vintages in the same areas mentioned above.
White wines with good structure, even with wooden passage, such as
- Gavi in Piedmont
- Lands of Franciacorta White in Lombardy
- Sweet in Veneto
- Verdicchio from the Castles of Jesi in the Marche
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano in Tuscany
- Fiano in Campania
- Timorasso from the Tortona hills in Piedmont
- Malvasia from the Piacenza Hills in Emilia Romagna
- Superior Lugana in Veneto.
Red wines with good structure, like
- Barbera d'Asti in Piedmont
- Valtellina Sforzato in Lombardy
- Picky in Friuli
- Rosso Conero in the Marche
- Nobile di Montepulciano in Tuscany
- Aglianico in Campania
- Primitivo di Manduria or Negroamaro in Puglia
- Cannonau of Sardinia
- Gattinara in Piedmont
- Buttafuoco in Lombardy
- Sagrantino of Montefalco in Umbria
- Montescudaio Red Tuscany.
