Combinations Provolone Valpadana PDO
How to combine Provolone Valpadana PDO with other foods and the right wine for your moments of conviviality
How many combinations with Provolone Valpadana can be made in a single dinner? The answer is many, as you can see from us recipes with appetizers, first courses, main courses, sauces and even desserts and sandwiches.
We have already seen how easy it is to combine Provolone Valpadana with bread: durum wheat bread (like Altamura) for strong Provolone Valpadana; while for mild, sesame bread or, more simply, the classic rosetta is excellent.
But combinations with cheese also find fertile ground in Cremona mustard, which goes well with this ancient farmer's product, as do honeys and some jams, especially figs.
Discover the tasting tips and sensorial profiles of the Provolone Valpadana PDO
Don't forget the combination of wine and Provolone Valpadana PDO!
As with food, the combination with wine it is also a matter of personal taste.
It is difficult to find one that does not harmonize with Provolone Valpadana but the choice can also be related to the different types of cheese.
Mild Provolone Valpadana PDO
Classic method sparkling wines: from Franciacorta to Trento Classico to Classese from Oltrepò Pavese, to Alta Langa Piemontese or Erbaluce di Caluso sparkling wine from Piedmont.
White wines of medium structure
- Roero Arneis of Piedmont
- Nosiola of Trentino
- Tocai from Friuli
- Verdicchio of Matelica Marche
- Frascati of Lazio
- Vermentino of Sardinia
- Vermentino Liguria
- Ortrugo of the Piacenza Hills of Emilia-Romagna
- Petit Arvine of Aosta Valley
- Durello of the Lessini Mountains Veneto
- Grechetto of Umbria.
Young or medium structured red wines
- Piedmont Sweet
- Groppello del Garda in Lombardy
- Teroldego Rotaliano in Trentino
- Lagrein in South Tyrol
- Schioppettino of Friuli
- Dry Lambrusco in Emilia-Romagna
- Red Piceno in Marche
- Chianti Rufina or Colli Fiorentini in Tuscany
- Castel del Monte, also rosé, in Apulia
- Etna red in Sicily
- Ruchè of Castagnole Monferrato in Piedmont
- Sparkling Gutturnio in Emilia-Romagna
- Saint Colombano in Lombardy
- Tear of Morro d'Alba in Marche
- Cesanese in Lazio.
Strong Provolone Valpadana PDO
Classic vintage method sparkling wines “Millesimato” (which means obtained from grapes of a single year) in the same areas mentioned above.
White wines with good structure, also with wooden transition, such as
- Gavi in Piedmont
- Franciacorta white lands in Lombardy
- Sweet in Veneto
- Verdicchio from the Castles of Jesi in 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, such as
- Barbera d'Asti in Piedmont
- Valtellina Sforzato in Lombardy
- Picky in Friuli
- Red Conero in Marche
- Noble of Montepulciano in Tuscany
- Aglianico in Campania
- Primitivo di Manduria or Negroamaro in Apulia
- Cannonau of Sardinia
- Gattinara in Piedmont
- Buttafuoco in Lombardy
- Sagrantino of Montefalco in Umbria
- Montescudaio Rosso Tuscany.
