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Cheese from Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano

Hochpustertaler fettreduziert (Alta Pusteria semigrasso)

Mountain cow milk is skimmed to 1.8% fat, pasteurised, soured with lactic cultures and set with calf rennet. The corn-size curd goes into steel moulds without pressing and is brined. The wheels ripen about 8 weeks at 85–92% humidity and are wiped clean of a fine mould down before sale.

Fully documentedCheese56 daysTraditional food product (PAT, Autonomous Province of Bolzano; 21st national list, March 2021)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedMade in one cooperative dairy; the sheets give no batch size or doses. A wheel weighs about 11 kg.
Mountain cow milk, skimmed to 1.8% fat and pasteurised[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Lactic cultures[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Calf rennet, liquid or powder[onaf-sheet]
Salt (brine)[pat-sheet]
Starterlactic cultures

Total time across the recorded steps: 56 days

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What changes: The milk is skimmed to 1.8% fat and pasteurised

Step 1 of 7
Skim and pasteurise the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
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

Mountain cow milk is skimmed to 1.8% fat, pasteurised, soured with lactic cultures and set with calf rennet. The corn-size curd goes into steel moulds without pressing and is brined. The wheels ripen about 8 weeks at 85–92% humidity and are wiped clean of a fine mould down before sale. Made in 7 steps over 56 days. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 56 days (Autonomous Province of Bolzano).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 56 daysReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature35–37 °CReported[onaf-sheet]Add cultures and rennet

What makes this one different

The reduced-fat version of the Dobbiaco dairy's Alta Pusteria cheese, with only 35% fat in dry matter. Its curd is not cooked or pressed, and it ripens about two months.

Fat
35% fat in dry matter
Rind
Not edible, thin, fairly soft, light yellow to gold
Size
About 38 cm across and 10 cm high, about 11 kg

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised before cheesemaking.

History and sources

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

The Dobbiaco dairy cooperative was founded in 1883. As milk deliveries grew, a cheese that could be aged and carried further was needed, and this reduced-fat cheese arose.

  1. [pat-sheet] Autonomous Province of Bolzano, PAT product form no. 11 'Hochpustertaler fettreduziert - Alta Pusteria semigrasso' (Art. 8 D.Lgs. 173/98), copy hosted by ONAFgov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Hochpustertaler fettreduziert (Alta Pusteria semigrasso)'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Hochpustertaler fettreduziert' (id 1266)web