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Parmesan cheese (a hard, aged Italian-style cheese)
A hard, granular cheese with a sharp, savory flavor, originally from Italy (Parmigiano-Reggiano). In Japan, パルメザンチーズ usually refers to the powdered version sold in green-topped shaker bottles for use on pasta, salads, and gratins, but it also covers genuine block Parmesan cheese.
パルメザンチーズ is the standard Japanese name for Parmesan-style cheese. Most Japanese consumers first encounter it as the powdered cheese sold in green-topped shaker containers, which is why パルメザンチーズ is often used loosely as a synonym for any sharp, dry, grated cheese sprinkled on pasta.
Common collocations
- パルメザンチーズをかける: to sprinkle Parmesan cheese on (something)
- パルメザンチーズをふる: to sprinkle / dust with Parmesan cheese
- パルメザンチーズをすりおろす: to grate Parmesan cheese
- 粉のパルメザンチーズ: powdered Parmesan cheese
- パルメザンチーズの風味: Parmesan flavor
Similar words
- パルミジャーノ・レッジャーノ: Parmigiano-Reggiano (the protected Italian-origin name)
- 粉チーズ: powdered cheese (often used interchangeably with shaker-bottle parmesan)
- ペコリーノ・ロマーノ: Pecorino Romano (a similar hard cheese, made from sheep's milk)
- グラナ・パダーノ: Grana Padano (a closely related Italian hard cheese)
- チーズ: cheese (general term)
Usage
- In Japanese supermarkets the powdered shaker-bottle product is labeled パルメザンチーズ even when, technically, it does not meet the EU's protected designation (which restricts the name "Parmigiano-Reggiano" to cheese from a specific region of Italy).
- For block cheese, more specialty-oriented stores and restaurants tend to use the Italian name パルミジャーノ・レッジャーノ instead, signaling authenticity.
Related Words
Related:
チーズ (cheese)