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Fermented milk from Bashkortostan

Eremsekэремсек

Soured or freshly cultured milk with a little ayran, katyk or buttermilk is brought to the boil so that curd separates, and the curd is drained in a canvas bag. For a keeping form the curd is boiled down until all its water is gone, giving a reddish, sweetened dry curd. It is a boundary entry, an acid-and-heat curd made from fermented milk.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Eremsek itself.

Short entryFermented milk

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe Bashkir Encyclopedia entry, as summarised on Wikipedia, gives no amounts.
Skimmed or whole cow or goat milk, soured[wp-ru]
A little ayran, katyk or buttermilkNo amount given[wp-ru]
Fresh or melted butter, sugar or honey (dry form)[wp-ru]
Strawberry, bird cherry, currant or cherry (regional dry forms)optional[wp-ru]
StarterA little starter made from ayran, katyk or buttermilk is added to the milk.
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What changes: Milk with a little ayran or katyk sours

Step 1 of 4
Sour the milk with a starter
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: soured milk.

Flavour
sour
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

lactic bacteria from the ayran, katyk or buttermilk starter

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

Soured or freshly cultured milk with a little ayran, katyk or buttermilk is brought to the boil so that curd separates, and the curd is drained in a canvas bag. For a keeping form the curd is boiled down until all its water is gone, giving a reddish, sweetened dry curd. It is a boundary entry, an acid-and-heat curd made from fermented milk.

What makes this one different

Eremsek is curdled by boiling milk that is already soured, and the dry form is boiled until its water is gone and reddish, then butter and sugar or honey go in. Kazakh irimshik works on the same acid-and-heat principle.

Boundary
An acid-heat curd made from fermented milk, on the cheese boundary like irimshik

Related ferments

Variants

  • Kyzyl eremsek (red)The dry, reddish form, with butter and sugar or honey added.
  • Muyylly, karagatly and seyele eremsekBird cherry, currant or cherry mixed into the dry form; strawberry in some districts.

Safety

The dry form is boiled until its water has evaporated, so that it can be kept for a long time.

History and sources

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

  1. [wp-ru] Wikipedia (ru), Эремсек (summarises Migranova E.V., Bashkir Encyclopedia, Ufa)wiki