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Fermentation Atlas

Cheese from Italy, Calabria

ButirroBurrino

Made in 5 steps over 7.7 days – 7.9 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 7 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step7 daysReported[onaf][onaf-sheet]Ripen
Temperature36–38 °CReported[onaf][onaf-sheet]Set the curd

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
cow milk, (facets also list B), raw, whole; Podolica milk prized

Total time across the recorded steps: 7.7 days – 7.9 days

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

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

C (facets also list B), raw, whole; Podolica milk prized

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

Small pasta filata pear with a butter core; seen as a caciocavallo variant.

Rind
Thin, shiny, white to pale straw skin
Size
200–300 g; Ø 4–5 cm, length 10–25 cm
Boundary
The core is butter, which is not fermented

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Butirro' (id 1103)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDF (includes Regione Calabria PAT reference)gov