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Fermented milk from Mordovia

Chapamo lovsoчапамо ловсо (Erzya)

Chapamo lovso is the thick sour milk of Mordvin cooking. Whole milk is boiled, cooled, seeded with a starter, usually sour cream, and left in a warm place until it thickens, then chilled and served in small pots; it was drunk with pachat pancakes. No source gives its times or temperatures.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Chapamo lovso itself.

Short entryFermented milk

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo amounts are given in any source found.
Whole milkBoiled and cooled[wp-ru]
Sour cream (smetana)The usual starter[wp-ru]
Startersour cream, usually; old prostokvasha for the skimmed or baked-milk form
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What changes: Whole milk is boiled and then cooled

Step 1 of 3
Boil and cool the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: cooled boiled milk.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

boiling kills the milk's own bacteria

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

Chapamo lovso is the thick sour milk of Mordvin cooking. Whole milk is boiled, cooled, seeded with a starter, usually sour cream, and left in a warm place until it thickens, then chilled and served in small pots; it was drunk with pachat pancakes. No source gives its times or temperatures.

What makes this one different

Set with sour cream as the starter, like a home prostokvasha, and served thick in its pots.

Related ferments

Variants

  • From skimmed boiled or baked milkOld prostokvasha is used as the starter instead of sour cream.

Safety

The milk is boiled before it is seeded.

History and sources

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

ru.wikipedia says milk and milk products held a notable place in traditional Mordvin food, and that chapamo lovso was drunk on its own and with pachat pancakes. It was among the treats at the 2018 Vkusnaya Mordoviya festival in Saransk.

  1. [wp-ru] ru.wikipedia, Чапамо ловсо (citing Национальная библиотека Республики Татарстан, Мордовская кухня, 2018; nazaccent.ru; e-mordovia.ru 2018; Культура питания, Minsk 1993, p. 186)wiki
  2. [nazaccent] Национальный акцент, Путешествие в мир мордовской кухни (both names; drunk with pancakes)web