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Smoked goat ricotta is a boundary entry, set by heat and acid, not by microbes. Goat whey with a little milk and salt is heated in a tinned copper pot to about 80–90 °C and stirred until the flakes rise; they drain a whole day in rush baskets, are salted and then smoked and dried over wood fires for days. It is aged at least 2 months in a cool, dark place, though some is sold after a short smoking.
ONAF gives 2% in the whey; the cheeses are also salted dry after draining[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starter
none; heat and the whey's own acidity make the curd
Total time across the recorded steps: 2.1 months
Start
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What changes:Starting material: goat whey left from cheesemaking, strained into a copper pot
Step 1 of 6
Filter the whey
Time
Not documented
Temperature
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Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
The whey left after the goat curd is lifted is strained through a mesh into a tinned copper pot (caccamo).
Flavour
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Texture
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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
Smoked goat ricotta is a boundary entry, set by heat and acid, not by microbes. Goat whey with a little milk and salt is heated in a tinned copper pot to about 80–90 °C and stirred until the flakes rise; they drain a whole day in rush baskets, are salted and then smoked and dried over wood fires for days. It is aged at least 2 months in a cool, dark place, though some is sold after a short smoking. Made in 6 steps over 2.1 months. The longest step, age in the dark, takes at least 2 months (Regione Calabria).
Calabrian goat ricotta that is salted, wood-smoked and aged at least 2 months, so it turns firm and grateable. The Mammola ricotta is shaped with a swollen head like a drumstick.
Size
Long cylinder about 20 cm long and 10 cm across, 300–500 g; the Mammola type has a swollen head, about 30 cm long and 0.7–1.0 kg (ONAF)
Small cylinderAbout 20 cm long and 10 cm across, 0.25–0.30 kg (ONAF)
Ricotta affumicata di MammolaLong drumstick or "fertility symbol" shape, about 30 cm long, 0.7–1.0 kg
Safety
The regional file names unpasteurised whey and milk, tinned copper pots, wooden and rush tools and the ageing rooms as risks. It says unpasteurised whey and milk can bring problems of total bacterial count, somatic cells and Staphylococcus aureus. It advises checking the milk first, good hygiene and a visual check of the finished ricotta, discarding any with faults.
Hazards the sources name: Staphylococcus aureus, named in the regional file as a risk of unpasteurised whey and milk.
The ONAF sheet traces the word ricotta to Latin recoctus, "cooked twice", and says the product can be dated to Greco-Roman times, citing Columella's De re rustica for ricotta in general. It says that long ago shepherds in distant mountain areas smoked or dried unsold fresh ricotta and took it to market once a week. It cites Achille Bruni, Nuova Enciclopedia Agraria (Naples, 1859) and the CNR study on dairy products of the Mezzogiorno (Milan, 1992), and says a Belmonte Calabro dairy has records of production for more than the 25 years the PAT rules require. Mammola holds a Festa della Ricotta Affumicata every year on the first Sunday of June.