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Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Caprino lattico piemontese

Made in 5 steps over 15 days. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 14 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 14 daysReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Ripen
Temperature20–25 °CReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Set the curd

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
goat milk, raw or pasteurised, whole
Starter: traditionally whey from the previous make added to fresh milk cooled to 20–25 °C and held up to 12 h; now some use selected lactic cultures; milk at 4–7 °SH/50

Total time across the recorded steps: 15 days

Start
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What changes: Raw or pasteurised whole goat milk goes into the vat

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

G, raw or pasteurised, 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

Tall tower-shaped lactic goat cheese with long slow cold coagulation and uncut curd; finely granular paste, buttery under the rind when aged.

Rind
Absent when fresh; thin, smooth or wrinkled, often bloomy with noble moulds, rarely orange
Size
0.1–0.5 kg (also 1–2 kg); tall cylinder ø 8–12 cm, side 4–10 cm

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Caprino lattico piemontese' (id 449)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Piemonte, schede tecniche PAT 2015gov