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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Furmai nustranformaggio locale Padola

Cow milk skimmed by creaming is pasteurised at 72 °C, cooled to 30 °C and given a starter made in the dairy, then set with calf rennet in about 30 minutes. The curd is broken to maize-grain size, semi-cooked in two steps to 41–42 °C, pressed in steel hoops and brined 24 hours. It ripens at least 30 days, up to a year, in cool cellars.

Fully documentedCheese31 days – 12 monthsTraditional food product (PAT, Regione Veneto)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedVillage dairy (latteria) make; the sheets give no batch size or doses. A cheese weighs 5–7 kg.
Cow milk skimmed by creaming[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Dairy-made milk starter (lattoinnesto)Fresh whole milk heated to 65 °C for 15 minutes, then held at 40 °C for 5–6 hours[onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]
Calf rennet[onaf-sheet]
Salt, as brine[pat-sheet]
Starterdairy-made milk starter (lattoinnesto)

Total time across the recorded steps: 31 days – 12 months

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72 °C

What changes: Milk skimmed by creaming is pasteurised at 72 °C

Step 1 of 8
Pasteurise the skimmed milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
72 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
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

Cow milk skimmed by creaming is pasteurised at 72 °C, cooled to 30 °C and given a starter made in the dairy, then set with calf rennet in about 30 minutes. The curd is broken to maize-grain size, semi-cooked in two steps to 41–42 °C, pressed in steel hoops and brined 24 hours. It ripens at least 30 days, up to a year, in cool cellars. Made in 8 steps over 31 days – 12 months. The longest step, ripen in a cellar, takes 30 days – 12 months (Regione del Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step30 days – 12 monthsReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen in a cellar
Temperature72 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Pasteurise the skimmed milk

What makes this one different

A latteria (village dairy) cheese of the Comelico valleys, made from pasteurised part-skimmed milk with a starter made on site from fresh whole milk. The regional atlas says the local cows' feed and this starter set the Alto Comelico cheese apart from similar Veneto cheeses.

Rind
Thin, smooth, soft, straw yellow at 30 days; hardens with age
Size
Cylinder 30–35 cm across, side 8 cm, 5–7 kg; rimmed ('orlate') faces
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised at 72 °C, and the cheese is brined and ripened at least 30 days.

History and sources

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

The regional atlas calls it a typical latteria cheese of the Veneto mountains; in Alto Comelico the cows' feeding and the local starter make it distinct.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Regione del Veneto, Atlante dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali del Veneto, Formaggi, 'Furmai nustran', p. 169 (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggi), technical sheet 'Furmai Nustran'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Furmai Nustran' (id 1092)web