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Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Tomino di Sordevolo

Whole cow milk, once raw and now thermised so it does not sour fast, is set with natural calf rennet at 32–34 °C in about 30 minutes. The curd is cut only to walnut size to keep it moist, ladled gently into moulds made for fresh, moist cheese and drained briefly, then kept at 4 °C and sold within hours. It is not soured much and is eaten within a few days.

Fully documentedCheese30 minPAT (traditional agri-food product, Piemonte; D.D. 460/2015, product D 44)Family: Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette)

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedThe regional sheet gives the method, not a batch size or doses. A tomino weighs about 400 g.
Whole cow milk, thermised (raw in the past)[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]
Natural calf rennet[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]

Total time across the recorded steps: 30 min

Start
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What changes: Whole cow milk is thermised so it does not sour too fast

Step 1 of 5
Thermise the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

The milk was once used raw; today it is thermised so it does not sour too fast.

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, once raw and now thermised so it does not sour fast, is set with natural calf rennet at 32–34 °C in about 30 minutes. The curd is cut only to walnut size to keep it moist, ladled gently into moulds made for fresh, moist cheese and drained briefly, then kept at 4 °C and sold within hours. It is not soured much and is eaten within a few days. Made in 5 steps over 30 min. The longest step, set with calf rennet, takes 30 min (Regione Piemonte 2015) and runs at 32–34 °C (Regione Piemonte 2015).

Key numbers
Main step30 minReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Set with calf rennet
Temperature32–34 °CReported[pat-sheet][onaf-sheet]Set with calf rennet

What makes this one different

A very fresh rennet tomino made to taste of sweet milk, not of acid. The milk is thermised to slow souring and the curd is cut only to walnut size; it is sold the day it is made.

Size
Tall cylinder 7.0–8.0 cm across and 8.0–10.0 cm high, about 400 g
Rind
None

Related ferments

Safety

The regional sheet says it is moist and not acid, so it keeps only a few days at 4 °C and should be eaten soon after it is bought.

History and sources

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

The regional sheet says the cheese takes up, in a more modern form, a production technique of the past, and that the milk, once used raw, is now thermised to slow souring. The ONAF sheet adds that cow milk was formerly set with kid or lamb rennet and eaten right after setting without salt, and that plastic baskets have since replaced rush ones while the method stayed much the same.

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 (BU38S1, 24 September 2015), Schede tecniche prodotti PAT, category D product 44 'Tomino di Sordevolo' (copy hosted by ONAF)gov
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggi), technical sheet 'Tomino di Sordevolo'web
  3. [onaf] ONAF, cheese page 'Tomino di Sordevolo' (id 755)web