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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Fior delle Dolomiti

Pasteurised whole cow milk is warmed to 38–41 °C with a natural milk starter or freeze-dried cultures, then set with liquid calf rennet in 15–20 minutes. The uncooked curd is broken to hazelnut size, lifted in linen cloths into moulds and kept at 35 °C for about 2 hours. It is dry-salted and ripens 15–20 days in a cool, damp cellar.

Fully documentedCheese15 days – 20 daysTraditional food product (PAT, Veneto)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceAmounts are per quintal (100 kg) of milk, as the Veneto atlas gives them. A cheese weighs 1–2.5 kg.
Whole cow milk from two milkings[veneto-atlante][onaf-sheet]
Natural milk starter (latto-innesto), or freeze-dried cultures3–4 litres per quintal (100 kg) of milk[veneto-atlante]
Liquid calf rennet50 cc per quintal (100 kg) of milk[veneto-atlante]
SaltRubbed on dry[veneto-atlante]
Starternatural milk starter or freeze-dried lactic cultures

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

Start
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What changes: Whole cow milk is pasteurised in the vat

Step 1 of 7
Pasteurise the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Output: pasteurised whole 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

Pasteurised whole cow milk is warmed to 38–41 °C with a natural milk starter or freeze-dried cultures, then set with liquid calf rennet in 15–20 minutes. The uncooked curd is broken to hazelnut size, lifted in linen cloths into moulds and kept at 35 °C for about 2 hours. It is dry-salted and ripens 15–20 days in a cool, damp cellar. Made in 7 steps over 15 days – 20 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 15–20 days (Regione Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step15–20 daysReported[veneto-atlante]Ripen
Temperature38–41 °CReported[veneto-atlante]Add the starter

What makes this one different

A school-dairy cheese, not an old farm one. It was developed at the Mas di Sedico teaching dairy and spread across Belluno with the cheesemakers trained there. It is pasteurised, soured in warm moulds and eaten after 15–20 days.

Rind
Thin, smooth, tender, pale straw yellow
Size
Cylinder 15–25 cm across and about 5 cm high; 1–2.5 kg
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised before the starter goes in.

History and sources

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

The Mas di Sedico teaching dairy was founded in 1928 to train young cheesemakers for the many Belluno village dairies. Fior delle Dolomiti became one of its most made cheeses, above all from the 1950s, and its graduates carried it across the province.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [veneto-atlante] Regione Veneto, Atlante dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali del Veneto, Formaggi, 'Fior delle Dolomiti', p. 138gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Fior delle Dolomiti'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Fior delle Dolomiti' (id 1048)web