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Fermentation Atlas

Cheese from Italy, Veneto

Formaggio Busche

Made in 6 steps over 30 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 30 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step30 daysReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Ripen
Temperature36–37 °CReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Set the curd

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
cow milk, (mostly Bruna / Brown Swiss), raw, whole
Starter: local natural milk starter (lattoinnesto) made from raw milk with native strains

Total time across the recorded steps: 30 days

Start
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What changes: Raw whole cow milk goes into the vat

Step 1 of 6
Prepare the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

C (mostly Bruna / Brown Swiss), raw, whole

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

What makes this one different

Short-ripened white, eyeless semi-cooked cow cheese from a dairy cooperative; first made in the 1970s as 'Mastella', renamed Busche in the early 1980s.

Rind
Smooth, thin, soft, white
Size
About 6 kg; Ø 32 cm, height 8 cm

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Formaggio Busche' (id 1054)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Veneto PAT sheetgov