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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Formaggio Acidinoacidino

Acidino is a very fresh, creamy goat cheese from the Asiago plateau. Pasteurised goat milk is cooled to 20 °C and left 15–20 hours to sour on its own, then a little calf rennet finishes the curd. The drained curd is kneaded by hand with salt and, if wanted, fresh herbs, and sold at once.

Fully documentedCheese15 h – 20 hPATFamily: Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe regional sheet gives the method but no amounts.
Whole goat milkFrom Camosciata delle Alpi and Saanen goats; filtered and pasteurised at 72 °C[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Liquid calf rennetA small amount, added after the milk has soured[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Fine saltKneaded into the drained curd[onaf-sheet]
Fresh herbs (optional)By season, cumin, thyme, chives or cress[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starterthe pasteurised milk acidifies naturally, and then a little calf rennet is added

Total time across the recorded steps: 15 h – 20 h

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72 °C

What changes: Filtered goat milk is pasteurised at 72 °C

Step 1 of 6
Filter and pasteurise the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
72 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: pasteurised whole goat milk.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Acidino is a very fresh, creamy goat cheese from the Asiago plateau. Pasteurised goat milk is cooled to 20 °C and left 15–20 hours to sour on its own, then a little calf rennet finishes the curd. The drained curd is kneaded by hand with salt and, if wanted, fresh herbs, and sold at once. Made in 6 steps over 15 h – 20 h. The longest step, cool and let the milk sour, takes 15–20 h (Regione del Veneto) and runs at 20 °C (Regione del Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step15–20 hReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Cool and let the milk sour
Temperature20 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Cool and let the milk sour

What makes this one different

Acidino is soured mainly by a long, cool natural acidification of pasteurised goat milk, with only a little rennet at the end. The curd is not moulded but kneaded by hand with salt and herbs into small rolls and sold straight after it is finished.

Rind
None
Size
0.150–0.300 kg; sausage-like cylinder or truncated cone

Related ferments

Variants

  • PlainSalt only.
  • With herbs (con erbette)Seasonal fresh herbs such as cumin, thyme, chives or cress kneaded in.

Safety

Acidino is made from pasteurised milk and keeps only a short time; the sheets say it is kept in the fridge and sold as soon as possible.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Local accounts say the method belongs to the dairy tradition of the Sette Comuni plateau; the ONAF sheet says it likely goes back about 25 years before the sheet was written. The regional atlas suggests it for small children who cannot take cow milk and for older people. Italian Wikipedia lists it among the typical dairy products of the Sette Comuni plateau, mainly in the province of Vicenza, and as a Veneto traditional food product (PAT), with production centred on Lusiana.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Regione del Veneto, Atlante dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali del Veneto, Formaggi, "Formaggio acidino", p. 139 (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggi), technical sheet "Formaggio Acidino"web
  3. [wp-it] Wikipedia (Italian), Formaggio Acidinowiki