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Cheese from Italy

Pecorino del Monte Poro DOPPecorino del Monte Poro

Cylinder 6–20 cm across and 6–20 cm high; 0.6–2.5 kg (fresco/semistagionato), up to 10 kg (stagionato); straw-yellow to brown rind with basket marks. Made in 5 steps over 23 days – 2.1 months. The longest step, ripen in cool, well-aired, dim rooms, takes 20 days – 2 months (Domanda di registrazione 'Pecorino del Monte…). raw-milk lactic flora does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step20 days – 2 monthsSet[eu-application][eu-reg][onaf-sheet]Ripen in cool, well-aired, dim rooms
Temperature32–38 °CSet[eu-application][eu-reg][onaf-sheet]Coagulate raw milk with lamb or kid rennet paste
DocumentedCheese23 days – 2.1 monthsMore other cheesesMore from Italy

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
raw whole ewe milk
from two milkings
never heat-treated
Starter: spontaneous (raw-milk flora); no additions listed

Total time across the recorded steps: 23 days – 2.1 months

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Milk proteinGel (curd)32–38 °Cshapes, not to countLactic acid bacteria

What changes: Lamb or kid rennet paste sets the raw milk at 32–38 °C

Step 1 of 5
Coagulate raw milk with lamb or kid rennet paste
Time
30 min – 1.5 h
Set
Temperature
32–38 °C
Set
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Moulds

Output: coagulum.

Flavour
milky
Texture
gel
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

raw-milk LAB; paste rennet brings lipases

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

Variants

  • Fresco / Semistagionato / Stagionatoripening time and size (see stages)
  • Chilli-oiled rindrind rubbed with olive oil and crushed chilli after 6 months

Safety

Raw-milk cheese; the fresco is eaten after only 20 days.

History and sources

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

PDO registered by Reg. (UE) 2020/974 (application OJ C 2019).

  1. [eu-application] Domanda di registrazione 'Pecorino del Monte Poro', GU UE C 2019 (CELEX 52019XC1004(03)), via ONAFspec
  2. [eu-reg] Reg. di esecuzione (UE) 2020/974, via ONAFspec
  3. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet 'Pecorino del Monte Poro' (id 309)web