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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Formaggio ContrinContrin

Pasteurised whole cow milk from three milkings is soured with the dairy's own milk starter and set with liquid calf rennet at 37 °C. The curd is broken to hazelnut size and semi-cooked at about 42 °C, then lifted in cloths into hoops and brined for 48 hours. The 4 kg wheels ripen 20–30 days at 10–16 °C.

Fully documentedCheese22 days – 32 daysTraditional food product (PAT, Veneto, 2012 list)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe atlas gives temperatures and times but no batch size or doses. A wheel weighs about 4 kg.
Whole cow milk from three milkingsMostly Brown Swiss cows[veneto-atlante][onaf-sheet]
Farm milk starter (lattoinnesto)A can of milk heated to 75–85 °C, cooled to 40–43 °C and held until it sours; used within 2–3 days[veneto-atlante]
Liquid calf rennet[veneto-atlante][onaf-sheet]
Salt (brine)[veneto-atlante]
Starterfarm milk starter (lattoinnesto), soured at 40–43 °C

Total time across the recorded steps: 22 days – 32 days

Start
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75–85 °CMilk sugarLactic acid

What changes: Milk is heated, cooled to 40–43 °C and left until it turns sour

Step 1 of 7
Make the milk starter
Time
Not documented
Temperature
75–85 °C → 40 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: soured milk starter (lattoinnesto).

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

Pasteurised whole cow milk from three milkings is soured with the dairy's own milk starter and set with liquid calf rennet at 37 °C. The curd is broken to hazelnut size and semi-cooked at about 42 °C, then lifted in cloths into hoops and brined for 48 hours. The 4 kg wheels ripen 20–30 days at 10–16 °C. Made in 7 steps over 22 days – 32 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 20–30 days (Regione Veneto) and runs at 10–16 °C (Regione Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step20–30 daysReported[veneto-atlante]Ripen
Temperature10–16 °CReported[veneto-atlante]Ripen

What makes this one different

Made only by the Livinallongo dairy, with its own heated-milk starter and a 42 °C cook. It ripens just 20–30 days.

Rind
Thin, rough, white with light grey streaks from surface moulds
Size
Cylinder 20 cm across with a 4–5 cm, very convex side; about 4 kg
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised before the starter and rennet go in.

History and sources

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

Made in the Ladin area since the 1970s and named after Contrin, a hamlet of Livinallongo at 1697 m. The name appears in sales records of the local dairy, founded in 1983.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [veneto-atlante] Regione Veneto, Atlante dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali del Veneto, Formaggi, 'Formaggio Contrin', p. 148gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Formaggio Contrin'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Formaggio Contrin' (id 1060)web