Parmesan cheese, known in Italy as Parmigiano Reggiano, is a variety of Italian cheese with a grainy appearance known under the generic name of Grana,
It is a cow's milk cheese, pressed and cooked, matured for at least 12 months, with a fruity and typical taste. Unchanging for seven centuries, Parmigiano Reggiano was sung by Boccaccio in his Decameron.