Skip to main content
Support

Browse by category

All categories
Fermentation Atlas

Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Montebore

Made in 5 steps over 5.5 days – 7 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 5–6 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step5–6 daysReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Ripen
Temperature4 °CReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Prepare the milk

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
mixed milk, (C + S/G; C + S for the Presidio), raw, whole; earlier milkings kept at 4 °C

Total time across the recorded steps: 5.5 days – 7 days

Start
Drag the bar or press Play
4 °C

What changes: Raw whole mixed milk goes into the vat

Step 1 of 5
Prepare the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
4 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

M (C + S/G; C + S for the Presidio), raw, whole; earlier milkings kept at 4 °C

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

Tiered 'wedding-cake' cheese of 3–5 stacked rounds, modelled on ruined local towers.

Rind
None when fresh; washed, thin, white-straw, slightly wrinkled
Size
0.5–1.2 kg; stacked tiers ø 9–17 cm, height 3–10 cm

Variants

  • morbido: 5–6 d
  • stagionato: ≥25 d
  • long-aged: ≥6 mo

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Montebore' (id 460)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Piemonte, schede tecniche PAT 2015gov