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Raviggiolo di latte vaccino del MugelloRaviggiolo del Mugello

A very fresh, very wet cow-milk curd from the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines. Pasteurised milk gets a thermophilic lactic culture, a little fine salt and a natural rennet such as fig latex or dried lamb stomach; the soft curd is broken roughly by hand, ladled straight into perforated moulds and chilled overnight at 4 °C. It is delivered the same day or next morning and eaten within a few days.

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe sheets give the method, not a batch recipe. A cheese weighs about 1 kg; the cooperative's members make about 350 quintals a year.
Whole cow milk from Apennine farms[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Thermophilic lactic starter culture[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Natural liquid rennet (fig latex or dried lamb stomach) or liquid calf rennet[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Fine saltAdded to the milk before setting, or dry on the fresh curd[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starterthermophilic lactic cultures
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What changes: Whole cow milk is pasteurised and brought to setting warmth

Step 1 of 6
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

A very fresh, very wet cow-milk curd from the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines. Pasteurised milk gets a thermophilic lactic culture, a little fine salt and a natural rennet such as fig latex or dried lamb stomach; the soft curd is broken roughly by hand, ladled straight into perforated moulds and chilled overnight at 4 °C. It is delivered the same day or next morning and eaten within a few days.

Key numbers
Temperature4 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Chill overnight

What makes this one different

A very wet curd that is only broken roughly and moulded at once, so it slumps under its own water and is eaten within days. It can be set with fig latex or dried lamb stomach instead of calf rennet.

Size
About 1 kg, a collapsed cylinder
Rind
None; glossy, wet, milk-white
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised and the curd is chilled at 4 °C at once and eaten within a few days.

History and sources

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

The Agricoop cooperative at Palazzuolo sul Senio has collected, processed and sold the area's milk and cheese since 1961. The regional sheet links the cheese to milk from farms on the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines.

Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Regione Toscana (ARSIA), Prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali, sheet «Raviggiolo di latte vaccino del Mugello» (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggi), technical sheet «Raviggiolo di latte vaccino del Mugello»web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page «Raviggiolo di latte vaccino del Mugello» (id 941)web