The Secret To Buying The Best Parmesan For Your Buck

Any Parmigiano-Reggiano fan knows that saving a couple of bucks with an imitation wedge will never, ever do. The flavor of a fake parm simply cannot compare to that of true parmesan and often has an off-putting taste thatll make you wish youd gone without altogether. But once you decide to go for the real thing, how can you be sure youre spending your money wisely?

One way you might have thought to save on parm was opting for the pieces without the rind no one wants to pay for something they cant eat anyway, right? But the folks at Americas Test Kitchen would advise otherwise. Actually, they suggest buying the corner piece of parm. Yes, thats two edges with rind.

The chefs at Americas Test Kitchen use a lot of Parmigiano-Reggiano in their test kitchen and have always believed that the pieces closes to the rind taste best. Being the curious folks that they are, they organized a blind taste test to see which part of a real parmesan wedge boasted the most flavor. Heres what they found:

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