Parco Fluviale Regionale del Taro: Products

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The Park of Tastes...
A Park covering a small section of the Province of Parma and including part of the town outskirts is without a doubt a Park offering not only delicious, but also famous cheese and cold cuts. As a matter of fact, here Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and a wide range of cold cuts and sausages are produced: the famous Parma raw ham and coppa, San Secondo shoulder ham, and strolghino. However, along the banks of the river Taro, climate and soil also favor the cultivation of vegetables, among which a particular onion variety, the so-called Dorata di Parma: big, with a golden yellow color and a strong and intense taste.

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Parmigiano-Reggiano PDO

This is the historical production area, after which the cheese has been named Parmigiano. Therefore, the local cheese products boast a top-quality pedigree. And this is especially true for the products of the cheese makers working within the Park territory,...

Category: Cheese

Quality Brands:

PDO - Protected Designation of Origin

Honey

Today in Taro River Park there are about 150 beehives. The working cycle follows the seasons and bloomings: between April and May, dandelion honey is gathered; then acacia honey; then lime and chestnut tree honey; last, mixed flower honey. After the gathering,...

Category: Honey

Coppa of Parma

Maybe less famous than the homonymous PDO from Piacenza, it is a raw-processed cold cut consisting of pork cervical muscles, part of the neck and the shoulder. The meat is flavored with salt and pepper and, after eight or ten days, with garlic and wine...

Category: Cold Cuts

Parma Ham PDO

The production area includes the territory of the Province of Parma in the south of Via Emilia, at an altitude of no more than 900 meters. The ham must be obtained from the fresh legs of national pigs of the Large White, Landrace, or Duroc breeds, weighing...

Category: Cold Cuts

Quality Brands:

PDO - Protected Designation of Origin

San Secondo Shoulder Ham

This cooked salami has been named after the small town of Lower Parmense area where it has been produced since the Middle Ages. Today the production - partly still handmade, but produced above all industrially - involves all the Lower Po Plain, Langhirano,...

Category: Cold Cuts

Strolghino

Characteristic of the Province of Parma, it is a salami boasting an ancient tradition. It has a few spices or not at all, and it is eaten when it's fresh. It is prepared with the scraps of pork legs used to make hams, minced not too thinly and mixed...

Category: Cold Cuts

Colli di Parma DOC Wine

The presence of the river influences the quality of the wine produced in the area of the river Taro. More humidity, more water in the soil should not be ideal elements for a top-quality production. But, as usual, man in the vineyards and in the cellars...

Category: Wine

Quality Brands:

DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin