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

Misto capra

Whole goat and cow milk, about half of each, is thermised or pasteurised, warmed to 34–36 °C with a natural milk starter or selected cultures and set with kid rennet paste in 15–20 minutes. The hazelnut-size curd is semi-cooked at 43–44 °C, moulded and brined for 24–48 hours. The wheels ripen at least 60 days.

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

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedMade in cooperative dairies with standard equipment; the sheet gives no batch size or doses and says the settings shift with season and milk. A wheel weighs 8–12 kg.
Whole goat milkAbout 50% of the mix[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Whole cow milkAbout 50% of the mix[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Natural milk starter (latteinnesto) or selected cultures[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Kid rennet paste[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Salt, as brine[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starternatural milk starter or selected cultures

Total time across the recorded steps: 2 months

Start
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What changes: Whole goat milk and cow milk, half and half, go into the vat

Step 1 of 7
Mix the milks
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Whole milk is thermised or pasteurised. Cow milk of one or two milkings and goat milk of two or three milkings are mixed in the vat.

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

Whole goat and cow milk, about half of each, is thermised or pasteurised, warmed to 34–36 °C with a natural milk starter or selected cultures and set with kid rennet paste in 15–20 minutes. The hazelnut-size curd is semi-cooked at 43–44 °C, moulded and brined for 24–48 hours. The wheels ripen at least 60 days. Made in 7 steps over 2 months. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 2 months (Provincia autonoma di Trento 2013). Natural milk starter does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main stepat least 2 monthsReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature34–36 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Add starter and kid rennet

What makes this one different

A half-goat, half-cow wheel from the Trentino cooperative dairies, set with kid rennet and semi-cooked. The goat milk gives it a light goaty note.

Rind
Thin, hard, smooth, pale straw
Size
Cylinder 28–35 cm across and 9–12 cm high, 8–12 kg
Season
February to November (ONAF)

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is thermised or pasteurised, and the cheese ripens at least 60 days. No other safety limits are set.

History and sources

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

Goat milk was once made into cheese at home. From the 1930s spare milk from February to September went to village dairies; Predazzo had a goat-only cooperative dairy until the early 1970s. Goat farming nearly vanished from the 1960s and has since come back; a 1926 'Almanacco agrario' article already mentions goat and mixed goat-cow cheeses.

  1. [pat-sheet] Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trentino Agricoltura, traditional product sheet 'Misto capra' (updated 27 December 2013; copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Misto capra'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Misto capra' (id 779)web