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Cheese from Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano

Algunder Butterkäse (Formaggio di Lagundo)Algunder Butterkäse

A full-fat farm cheese from Algund (Lagundo) in the Burggrafenamt, made from whole cow milk with added cream. Milk and cream are pasteurised and set with calf rennet at 32 °C in 30 minutes, and mesophilic lactic cultures go in after the curd is cut. The curd is warmed to 38 °C, moulded, brined 48 hours and ripened 60 days at 14 °C.

Fully documentedCheese2 monthsPAT (listed under the Province of Bolzano in the national list of traditional agri-food products)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe provincial sheet lists the ingredients without amounts. Each wheel or block weighs about 6 kg.
Whole cow milk[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Added cream[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Liquid calf rennet[pat-sheet]
Mesophilic lactic cultures[pat-sheet]
SaltAs a brine bath[pat-sheet]
Startermesophilic lactic cultures, added after the curd is cut

Total time across the recorded steps: 2 months

Start
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What changes: Cream is added to whole milk and both are pasteurised

Step 1 of 7
Add cream and pasteurise
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: pasteurised whole milk enriched with cream.

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

A full-fat farm cheese from Algund (Lagundo) in the Burggrafenamt, made from whole cow milk with added cream. Milk and cream are pasteurised and set with calf rennet at 32 °C in 30 minutes, and mesophilic lactic cultures go in after the curd is cut. The curd is warmed to 38 °C, moulded, brined 48 hours and ripened 60 days at 14 °C. Made in 7 steps over 2 months. The longest step, ripen, turned and cleaned, takes 2 months (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano) and runs at 14 °C (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano).

Key numbers
Main step2 monthsReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen, turned and cleaned
Temperature14 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen, turned and cleaned

What makes this one different

Butterkäse is the full-fat Lagundo cheese, made with whole milk and added cream, while the Bauernkäse halbfett uses half skimmed milk. The method is otherwise the same, and Butterkäse can also be shaped as a brick.

Rind
Clean, thin, fairly hard, pale straw
Size
About Ø 30 cm, height 10 cm, 6 kg; also a brick ('stanga') of the same weight

Related ferments

Safety

Made from pasteurised milk and cream and ripened 60 days.

History and sources

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

The cheese has been known since 1960. The cheesemaker Josef Gruber says he took up the method in 1960 and passed it on to the current cheesemaker in 1995. It is sold mostly locally.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, traditional food product (PAT) sheet "Algunder Butterkäse (formaggio di Lagundo)" (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggi), technical sheet "Algunder butterkäse (Formaggio di Lagundo)"web
  3. [pat-list] Ministero delle politiche agricole, Elenco nazionale dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali (art. 12, comma 1, L. 12 dicembre 2016 n. 238), Allegato I, section Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (copy hosted by InformaCibo)gov