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Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Formaggio Moesin di FregonaMoesin (Venetian: 'soft')

Whole cow milk is pasteurised at 74 °C for 20 seconds, enriched with a little pasteurised cream and set at 35 °C with selected cultures and rennet. The hazelnut-size curd is semi-cooked at 42 °C, moulded without cloth, kept warm, brined and dried 1–2 days. It ripens 20–25 days at 9–12 °C into a soft, sweet cheese.

Fully documentedCheese21 days – 27 daysTraditional food product (PAT, Veneto)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedMade by one cooperative dairy; the sheets give no batch size or doses. A cheese weighs about 6 kg.
Whole cow milk, pasteurised[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
A little pasteurised creamGives the cheese its creaminess[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Selected cultures[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Calf rennet, powder or liquid[onaf-sheet]
Salt, as brine[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starterselected cultures (not named)

Total time across the recorded steps: 21 days – 27 days

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74 °C

What changes: The milk is heated to 74 °C for 20 seconds

Step 1 of 7
Pasteurise the milk
Time
0.4 min
Reported
Temperature
74 °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

Whole cow milk is pasteurised at 74 °C for 20 seconds, enriched with a little pasteurised cream and set at 35 °C with selected cultures and rennet. The hazelnut-size curd is semi-cooked at 42 °C, moulded without cloth, kept warm, brined and dried 1–2 days. It ripens 20–25 days at 9–12 °C into a soft, sweet cheese. Made in 7 steps over 21 days – 27 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 20–25 days (Regione Veneto) and runs at 9–12 °C (Regione Veneto).

Key numbers
Main step20–25 daysReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature9–12 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen

What makes this one different

A soft cheese of the Montasio and latteria country, made only by one cooperative in Fregona. Added cream makes it richer, and it is ready in under a month.

Rind
Thin, soft, smooth and elastic, straw-ivory, with the day and month printed on the side
Size
Cylinder 30–33 cm across and about 7 cm high, about 6 kg
Composition
Fat 30–50% of dry matter, moisture 43% (ONAF)
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised at 74 °C for 20 seconds, and the cheese ripens at 9–12 °C.

History and sources

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

Made from milk collected in the Cansiglio and the Treviso Prealps, only at the Fregona cooperative dairy. 'Moesin' means 'soft' in Venetian.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Regione Veneto, Atlante dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali del Veneto, Formaggi, 'Formaggio moesin di Fregona', p. 156 (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Formaggio Moesin di Fregona'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Formaggio Moesin di Fregona' (id 1074)web