Grana Padano

If they don't agree to sell their cheese at the price retailers want, wholesalers can opt for an alternative similar cheese called Grana Padano, which is cheaper and takes less time to make.

Italy's Cheese Bailout 2008

I have been living in the U.S. for about one year and what is sold there as “parmesan” is an absolutely despicable imitation, which does not even get close to the original, and is far below the quality even of Grana Padano, which is made adhering to a less strict standard but is still reasonably good!

Blessed Are (Some of) the Cheesemakers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Board game in which players throw dice to win specialities from Italian cities, including Neapolitan broccoli, sausage from Modena, and Piacenza cheese which would now be called Grana Padano—one of the varieties of Parmesan.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Orecchiette with broccoli Di Ciccio, sun-dried tomatoes, spring onions green-garlic gremolata, Regina olive oil, bread crumbs and Grana Padano cheese for $16.50

Greens Reopens After Makeover 2010

Orecchiette with broccoli Di Ciccio, sun-dried tomatoes, spring onions green-garlic gremolata, Regina olive oil, bread crumbs and Grana Padano cheese for $16.50

Greens Reopens After Makeover 2010

This sauce is very easy and it requires 500 g walnuts, 5 g pine nuts, 1/2 garlic clove, an old piece of bread, milk, fresh parsley, Grana Padano, extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.

Salsa di noci Orchidea 2009

I sprinkle with fresh parsley and Grana Padano and serverd.

Pasta con crema di asparagi e uova mimosa Orchidea 2009

Ingredients: pasta (short size pasta), Asparagus, 2 eggs, Grana Padano, fresh parsley (chopped), extra-virgin olive oil, salt & pepper.

Pasta con crema di asparagi e uova mimosa Orchidea 2009

Italian consumers seem to support the cheese bailout, which also includes a purchase of 100,000 wheels of another grating variety, Grana Padano.

Blessed Are (Some of) the Cheesemakers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Having studied abroad in Parma with a family who produced Parmigiano Reggiano as well as Grana Padano, its industrialized cousin, I find this bailout comforting.

Blessed Are (Some of) the Cheesemakers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008