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Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Tomino di Rivalta

Whole cow milk, kept at 4 °C and then pasteurised, is set with liquid calf rennet at 37 °C in about 20 minutes. The curd is cut in one direction into coarse strips, moulded in steel rings and turned after 5 minutes onto linen to drain, then kept at 4 °C until the next day. It is a rennet-set fresh cheese with no ripening.

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceThe rennet dose is given per 100 litres of milk. A cheese weighs 120–130 g.
Whole cow milk from two or more milkingsKept at 4 °C, then pasteurised[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Liquid calf rennetAbout 50 cc per 100 litres of milkThe regional sheet says liquid rennet; the ONAF sheet names the type as calf[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Salt, dry on the faces[onaf-sheet]

Total time across the recorded steps: 25 min

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What changes: The milk, kept at 4 °C in a milk cooler, is pasteurised before cheesemaking

Step 1 of 6
Chill and 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

Whole cow milk, kept at 4 °C and then pasteurised, is set with liquid calf rennet at 37 °C in about 20 minutes. The curd is cut in one direction into coarse strips, moulded in steel rings and turned after 5 minutes onto linen to drain, then kept at 4 °C until the next day. It is a rennet-set fresh cheese with no ripening. Made in 6 steps over 25 min. The longest step, set with liquid calf rennet, takes 20 min (Regione Piemonte 2015) and runs at 37 °C (Regione Piemonte 2015).

Key numbers
Main step20 minReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Set with liquid calf rennet
Temperature37 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Set with liquid calf rennet

What makes this one different

Cut only in one direction into wide strips and drained on linen, so it keeps a lot of whey and is eaten the day after making.

Rind
None; the whole cheese is eaten, marked by the cloth weave
Size
Cylinder 7–8 cm across, side 2–3 cm, 120–130 g
Season
Made all year

Related ferments

Safety

The milk is pasteurised and the cheese is kept at 4 °C and eaten fresh.

History and sources

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

The regional sheet says unsold cheeses were once left to dry a little, without any set method, to keep them from turning bitter. Both sheets record a gold-medal certificate from the Genoa sample fair of 1906; the ONAF sheet names it the Grande Esposizione Campionaria Internazionale e Vinicola Nazionale di Genova. The ONAF sheet adds that it has always been made on the farm from surplus milk for the family.

Starter
The sources we found do not say how its fermentation begins.
Microbes
No study we found names its microbes.
  1. [pat-sheet] Regione Piemonte, D.D. 24 July 2015 n. 460, technical sheets of traditional food products (BU 38 S1, 24 September 2015), product D 41 'Tomino di Rivalta' (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters), technical sheet 'Tomino di Rivalta'web