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[[Image:Provolone cheese.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Provolone cheese]]
[[Image:Provolone Piccante.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Provolone Piccante cheese. Picture by courtesy of '''[http://www.anticomercante.com/cheeses.htm Antico Mercante]''']]
'''Provolone''' is an Italian cheese that originated in southern Italy, where it is still produced in various shapes as in 10 to 15 cm long pear shapes, sausage shape or cone shape. Provolone is also produced in North America and Japan. The most important Provolone production region is currently Northern Italy.

The term Provolone (meaning large Provola) appeared around the end of the 19th Century when it started to be manufactured in the Southern regions of Italy, and this cheese assumed its current large size.

Provolone is today a whole-milk [[cow]] cheese with a smooth skin produced mainly in the Po River Valley regions of Lombardy and Veneto. It is produced in different forms: shaped like large [[salami]] up to 30 cm in diameter and 90 cm long; in a watermelon shape; in a truncated bottle shape; or also in a large pear shape with the characteristic round knob for hanging. The average weight is 5 kg.

Provolone is a semi-hard cheese with taste varying greatly from Provolone Piccante (piquant), aged minimum 4 months and with a very sharp taste, to Provolone Dolce (sweet) with a very mild taste. In Provolone Piccante, the distinctive piquant taste is produced with lipase originating from [[goat]]. The Dolce version uses calf's lipase instead.

The Provolone Val Padana has received from the European Community the DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) seal.

In Argentina and Uruguay, small discs of locally-produced "Provolone" of 10 to 15 cm in diameter and 1 to 2 cm in height are generally consumed before eating grilled [[meat]]. The Provolone is either placed directly on the [[grill]], on small stones or inside a foil plate and cooked until melted. The provoleta is seasoned with "[[chimichurri]]", a mixture of oils and spices, and usually eaten communally.

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Chef at 16:54, 16 April 2015