Academia Barilla at the Seattle Cheese Festival
Come and join us at this year’s Seattle Cheese Festival!
The event will be held on May 16th and 17th in Seattle at the famous Pike’s Place Market.
With cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, educational seminars, it will surely be a fun packed weekend for food lovers.
The festival is for cheese lovers to sample different cheeses from around the world in one place.
Academia Barilla will be featuring a velvety smooth and complex Pecorino Gran Cru table cheese, rare mountain-milk Parmigiano Reggiano table cheese, a tasty Pecorino with porcini mushrooms and truffles cheese spread and a savory Spicy Fig Compote, all which will be sold at the event.
There will be over 200 varieties for guests to sample from local and international producers.
With artisanal cheese at center stage, it is a true cheese lover’s festival.
Parmigiano Reggiano, the king of cheeses, is one of the most popular Italian food products in the world, and also one of the most imitated.
Academia Barilla exclusively selects only rare hillside milk from the foothills of the Apennine Mountains for its precious Parmigiano Reggiano. Here, cows graze on wild herbs, grasses and bushes, unlike the more typical forage of common hay.
The result is the perfect table cheese! Academia Barilla’s Pecorino cheeses are produced in the two most important sheep herding regions of Italy, Sardinia and Tuscany. They have the longest and most distinguished traditions and experience with sheep milk.
Made with the finest natural ingredients, our compotes have very distinctive and refreshing flavors. Try our Chianti Wine Jelly made with real Tuscan Sangiovese grapes, Spicy Fig Compote or Fresh Pears soaked in Balsamic Vinegar. Academia Barilla compotes make an excellent addition to traditional dishes, giving them a unique and satisfying flavor. Serve with roasted, grilled and boiled meats, or on a cheese plate.
Academia Barilla’s range of artisan compotes are made in the northern Italian town of Verona. Artisan Compotes offer the perfect compliment for cheeses, desserts and a variety of savory dishes.
Our range of spreadable cheeses is the result of premium quality Italian cheeses of time honored tradition and culinary innovation to create authentic, unique combinations.
These spreadable sauces are the ideal solution for quick and easy dishes.
Our recipe for you: Cheese Fantasia
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 5.2 oz. Parmigiano Reggiano
- 5.2 oz. Pecorino Toscano
- 5.2 oz. Pecorino Dolce
- 5.2 oz. Mozzarella
- 7 oz. Spicy Fig Compote
- 7 oz. Fresh Pears with Balsamic Vinegar of Modena
- 7 oz. Gourmet Chianti Wine Jelly
- 7 oz. Monti Iblei DOP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Sicilian Sea Salt with Black Olives, To Taste
- 2 Fresh Figs
- 1 Fresh Pear
Preparation
Cut the figs into one-fourth pieces, the pears into eighth and the grapes into half.
Cut the Parmigiano into flakes, the Pecorino into slices and the Mozzarella into cubes.
Place all the ingredients on a platter with the Parmigiano near the Fresh Pears with Balsamic Vinegar and a piece of fresh Pear.
Place the Pecorino Toscano near the Gourmet Chianti Wine Jelly and the fresh Grapes, then the Pecorino Dolce near the Spicy Fig Compote and the fresh Figs.
Sprinkle the Mozzarella with the Monti Iblei DOP Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a pinch of Sicilian Sea Salt with Black Olives.
