Valtellina Casera ( lmo, Casera de la Valtolina) is a cheese made from semi-skimmed cows' milk in the northern Italian province of Sondrio.Valtellina Casera
Consorzio Tutela Formaggi Valtellina Casera e Bitto. Its origins date back to the sixteenth century and it is much used in the cuisine of the

Valtellina Valtellina or the Valtelline (occasionally spelled as two words in English: Val Telline; rm, Vuclina (); lmo, Valtelina or ; german: Veltlin; it, Valtellina) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Toda ...

: particularly in dishes based on

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flour such as

pizzoccheri Pizzoccheri (; lmo, label= Lombard, pizòcher ) are a type of short tagliatelle, a flat ribbon pasta, made with 80% buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour. When classically prepared in Valtellina (a small valley located in the Lombardy region of N ...

and sciatt (''toad(s)'' in

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). It has had Protected designation of origin (PDO) status under European Union law since 1996; its production is managed by the Consorzio Tutela Formaggi Valtellina Casera e Bitto and certification is regulated by CSQA of

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