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Cheese from Italy, Lombardia

Lattecrudo di Tremosine

Freshly milked raw cow milk is warmed to 34 °C, given lactic cultures and liquid calf rennet, and sets in about 25 minutes. The corn-size curd is semi-cooked at 39 °C, moulded, turned four times and branded, brined 24 hours and ripened at least 60 days.

Fully documentedCheese2 monthsTraditional food product (PAT, Regione Lombardia)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedMade in dairies and alpine huts; the sheets give no batch size or doses. A cheese weighs about 2.5 kg.
Raw whole cow milk, freshly milkedONAF says from Bruna Alpina cows only; in the huts it is worked straight after milking[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Selected thermophilic lactic cultures[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Liquid calf rennet[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Salt (brine)[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starterselected thermophilic lactic cultures

Total time across the recorded steps: 2 months

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34 °C

What changes: Lactic cultures and liquid calf rennet go into the raw milk at 34 °C

Step 1 of 6
Add cultures and rennet
Time
25 min
Reported
Temperature
34 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: curd.

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

Freshly milked raw cow milk is warmed to 34 °C, given lactic cultures and liquid calf rennet, and sets in about 25 minutes. The corn-size curd is semi-cooked at 39 °C, moulded, turned four times and branded, brined 24 hours and ripened at least 60 days. Made in 6 steps over 2 months. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 2 months (Regione Lombardia). Selected thermophilic lactic cultures and Native bacteria of the raw milk do most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main stepat least 2 monthsReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature34 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Add cultures and rennet

What makes this one different

The ONAF sheet says it follows the process of Formaggella di Tremosine and differs only by using unpasteurised milk. Both sheets credit the milk's native bacteria for the marked flavour.

Rind
Thin, smooth, dry, light straw
Size
Cylinder about 20 cm across and 7 cm high, about 2.5 kg

Related ferments

Safety

Made from raw milk. The ONAF sheet says ripening and the milk's lactic bacteria guarantee the cheese's safety, but it gives no test results, and no source on this page shows that. ANSES names Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli as hazards of raw-milk cheeses and tells pregnant women, young children, people over 65 and people with weak immunity to avoid them, apart from cooked pressed kinds such as Gruyère. This curd is only semi-cooked, at 39 °C.

History and sources

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

The regional sheet records Lattecrudo as early as the 1920s, made in the alpine huts during the summer move of the herds and in the scattered dairies of Tremosine.

  1. [pat-sheet] Regione Lombardia, traditional food product sheet 'Lattecrudo di Tremosine', copy hosted by ONAFgov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Lattecrudo di Tremosine'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Lattecrudo di Tremosine' (id 1013)web
  4. [anses2022] ANSES 2022, Fromages au lait cru, quels risques pour la santé et comment mieux les prévenir (8 April 2022)gov