APANI® “Verde d’Inverno” Celebration

by Chef Michael Gollenz
Best “Long-Aged Cheese” of the World 2024-2025

Ingredients

– 400 g of APANI® “Verde d’Inverno” Grana Padano DOP + 30 months
– 2 box of APANI®Italian dry Porcini (80gr)
– 100 g of Pure Italian APANI®“Carnaroli” Rice with White Truffle
– 2 tablespoons of APANI® “Pugliese” Extra Virgin Olive oil
– 1 glass of APANI® Vermentino White Wine
– 800 g Cooking cream
– 400 ml vegetable stock
– Some salt
– 50 g Natural Butter
– 50 g Charlotte Onions
– Some Piment d’Espelette 
– Some rosemary

Method

Bring to the boil, over a low heat, the cooking cream with rosemary, the dried APANI® Porcini and the piment d’Espelette. Blend the remaining dried APANI® Porcini and grate the APANI® “Verde d’Inverno” Grana Padano.

Add Porcini and Cheese to the mixture, add salt and chop. Then insert all into a kitchen siphon to create a soft and light foam.

Fry the chopped onion in APANI® EVO oil, then add APANI® Rice, a glass of APANI® Vermentino White Wine. Add salt, a box of APANI® Porcini and the vegetable stock. Add the butter and once mixed, add the grated APANI® “Verde d’Inverno” Grana Padano.

Plate forming a layer of risotto on the bottom of the serving plate and cover with a generous cloud of APANI® “Verde d’Inverno” Grana Padano. Decorate with Some Piment d’Espelette and rosemary leaves.

Ideas and variations: you can add a few slices of White Truffle as decoration