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Cheese from Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Tabor

Milk from Carso cows fed local forage is pasteurised, rested 45–60 minutes in the vat and soured with thermophilic lactic bacteria. It is set with liquid bovine rennet at 34–36 °C, cut twice, semi-cooked at 41–42 °C and stirred off the heat 15–20 minutes. The wheels are pressed lightly about 2 hours, brined 24 hours and ripened at least about 30 days.

Fully documentedCheese31 daysTraditional food product (PAT, Friuli Venezia Giulia)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedMade by the Carso co-operative dairy; the sheets give no batch size or doses. A wheel weighs 6–7 kg.
Whole cow milk from cows fed fresh or dried forage of the Trieste Carso, pasteurised[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Mixed thermophilic lactic acid bacteria (selected culture)[onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]
Liquid bovine rennet[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Salt (brine)[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Starterferment added after 45–60 min rest in the vat

Total time across the recorded steps: 31 days

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What changes: The milk is pasteurised and rests in the vat

Step 1 of 8
Pasteurise and rest the milk
Time
45 min – 1 h
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria

Heat treatment of the milk and selected cultures came in from the early 1970s; before that farms made the cheese from raw milk.

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

Milk from Carso cows fed local forage is pasteurised, rested 45–60 minutes in the vat and soured with thermophilic lactic bacteria. It is set with liquid bovine rennet at 34–36 °C, cut twice, semi-cooked at 41–42 °C and stirred off the heat 15–20 minutes. The wheels are pressed lightly about 2 hours, brined 24 hours and ripened at least about 30 days. Made in 8 steps over 31 days. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 30 days (ERSA (Friuli Venezia Giulia regional rural de…). Mixed thermophilic acidifying lactic acid bacteria does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main stepat least 30 daysReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature34–36 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Add culture and rennet

What makes this one different

Carso co-operative dairy cheese; flavour reflects the flowers and plants the cows graze. It is made from pasteurised milk with a thermophilic culture, semi-cooked and lightly pressed.

Rind
Smooth, straw
Size
Ø 27–30 cm, height 7 cm, 6–7 kg

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised and the cheese ripens at least about 30 days.

History and sources

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

Farms on the Trieste Carso made the cheese from raw milk long before records. From the early 1970s farmers joined the Latteria Sociale del Carso, which began in the 1980s and took up heat treatment and selected cultures, following a 1974 regional study of the dairy sector.

  1. [pat-sheet] ERSA (Friuli Venezia Giulia regional rural development agency), Prodotti tradizionali, page 'Tabor' (printed 22 August 2017; copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Tabor'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Tabor' (id 396)web