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Gorgonzola

  (gôr'gən-zō'lə)

A pungent, blue-veined, pressed Italian cheese made of cow's milk.

[After Gorgonzola, a town of northern Italy.]

[gohr-guhn-ZOH-lah] Named for a town outside Milan where it was originally made, Gorgonzola is one of Italy's great cheeses. It has an ivory-colored interior that can be lightly or thickly streaked with bluish-green veins. This cow's-milk cheese is rich and creamy with a savory, slightly pungent flavor. When aged over 6 months, the flavor and aroma can be quite strong-sometimes downright stinky. The cheese usually comes in foil-wrapped wedges cut from medium-size wheels. Gorgonzola is a perfect accompaniment for pears, apples and peaches, and pairs nicely with hearty red wines. It's delicious when melted over potatoes or crumbled in salads.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: Italian blue cheese

Comune di Gorgonzola
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan (MI)
Mayor	Stefano Lampertico
Elevation	m ( ft)
Area	km² ( sq mi)
Population (as of 2004-12-31)
- Total
- Density	/km² (/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, [[UTC+1]]
Coordinates	45°32′N, 9°24′E
Gentilic	Gorgonzolesi
Dialing code	02
Postal code	20064
Location of Gorgonzola in Italy
Website: www.comune.gorgonzola.mi.it

Gorgonzola is a comune in the province of Milan, part of Lombardy, northern Italy. Once a rural community, and famous for the Gorgonzola cheese which bears its name, today it forms part of the Milanese conurbation and has three stops on the Milan Metro.

History

Night view of the Naviglio Martesana canal in Gorgonzola.

In 453 the local pieve and the nearby town of Argentia were attacked and destroyed by the Huns. The first written document mentioning Gorgontiola dates to the 10th century. In 1176 it adhered to the Lombard League, and, during the ensuing wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines, it was the site of a battle in 1245 in which Enzio of Sardinia was made prisoner.

Cheese

The well known Gorgonzola cheese is claimed by the residents to have originated in Gorgonzola in 879,^[1] although other towns claim the origins.^[2]

Twin towns

• Ambert, France, since 2003

See also

• Naviglio Martesana

Notes

1. ^ http://www2.muw.edu/~jfitzger/page74.html
2. ^ http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0202/p11s02-lifo.html

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