{"data":{"slug":"grana-padano","name":"Grana Padano","country":"Italy","milk":"cow","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"Parmigiano\u2019s older, larger, gentler cousin from across the Po Valley.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/grana-padano\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/grana-padano","region":"Po Valley","aka":null,"texture":"Hard and grainy, flaking rather than slicing","rind":"Natural, thick, stamped with the consortium mark","age":{"min_months":9,"max_months":24,"label":"9 mo \u2013 2 yr"},"description":"Older than Parmigiano Reggiano \u2014 Cistercian monks in the Po Valley were making a *grana* by the twelfth century \u2014 and made across a far wider area, from milk that may be partly skimmed and from cows with a less restricted diet.\n\nThe result is milder, less crystalline and less expensive. It is a very good cheese judged on its own terms rather than as a cheaper Parmigiano.","flavour_notes":["sweet milk","hay","mild nut","gentle salt"],"pairings":["Soave","Risotto","Balsamic","Grapes"],"vegetarian":false,"pasteurised":false,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"asiago-dallevo","name":"Asiago d\u2019Allevo","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/asiago-dallevo"},{"slug":"allgauer-bergkase","name":"Allg\u00e4uer Bergk\u00e4se","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/allgauer-bergkase"},{"slug":"lancashire","name":"Beacon Fell Lancashire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/lancashire"},{"slug":"comte","name":"Comt\u00e9","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/comte"}]}}