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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Formaggio FodomFodom

Raw cow milk from three milkings, part of it skimmed by letting the cream rise, is warmed to 37–38 °C with the dairy's own milk starter and set with liquid calf rennet. The curd is broken to maize size, semi-cooked 30 minutes at about 45 °C, pressed twice and brined for two days. The 5 kg wheels ripen 2–3 months in cool, damp rooms.

Fully documentedCheese2.1 months – 3.1 monthsTraditional food product (PAT, Veneto)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 5 kg.
Raw cow milk from three milkingsTwo morning milkings and one evening; part whole, part skimmed by natural creaming; mostly Brown Swiss cows[veneto-atlante][onaf-sheet]
Farm milk starter (lattoinnesto)[veneto-atlante]
Liquid calf rennet[veneto-atlante]
Salt (brine)[veneto-atlante]
Starterfarm milk starter (lattoinnesto)

Total time across the recorded steps: 2.1 months – 3.1 months

Start
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What changes: Cream rises on part of the milk and is skimmed off

Step 1 of 6
Skim part of the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Part of the milk rests until the cream rises and is skimmed off; it is used together with 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

Raw cow milk from three milkings, part of it skimmed by letting the cream rise, is warmed to 37–38 °C with the dairy's own milk starter and set with liquid calf rennet. The curd is broken to maize size, semi-cooked 30 minutes at about 45 °C, pressed twice and brined for two days. The 5 kg wheels ripen 2–3 months in cool, damp rooms. Made in 6 steps over 2.1 months – 3.1 months. The longest step, ripen, takes 2–3 months (Regione Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step2–3 monthsReported[veneto-atlante]Ripen
Temperature37–38 °CReported[veneto-atlante]Warm, add starter and rennet

What makes this one different

A raw, part-skimmed milk cheese pressed in two stages and ripened 2–3 months, with FODOM stamped on its side.

Rind
Clean, fairly thin, light hazelnut, with FODOM stamped on the side
Size
Cylinder 30–35 cm across with a 7–8 cm side; about 5 kg
Season
Made all year, mostly in summer

Related ferments

Safety

Made from raw milk and ripened for 2–3 months after a semi-cook at about 45 °C. The US FDA says ageing raw-milk cheese for 60 days may not remove E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, and Listeria can grow in some cheeses during ageing.

History and sources

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

The cheese is named after Fodóm, the Ladin name of Livinallongo (Buchenstein in German). The ONAF sheet says it has been made there since the 1970s and appears in sales records of the village dairy, which has worked since 1932 and is today a cooperative 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 Fodom', p. 150gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Formaggio Fodom'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Formaggio Fodom' (id 1068)web
  4. [fda-rawcheese2016] US Food and Drug Administration 2016, FY 2014–2016 Microbiological Sampling Assignment Summary Report, Raw Milk Cheese Aged 60 Daysgov