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Cheese from Italy, Sicilia

Provola siciliana

Made in 6 steps over 31 days – 3 months. The longest step, ripen, takes 30 days – 3 months (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step30 days – 3 monthsReported[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.
cow milk, (mainly Modicana), raw, whole; previous milking chilled to 4 °C plus day's milk

Total time across the recorded steps: 31 days – 3 months

Start
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4 °C

What changes: Raw whole cow milk goes into the vat

Step 1 of 6
Prepare the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
4 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

C (mainly Modicana), raw, whole; previous milking chilled to 4 °C plus day's milk

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

Island-wide raw cow provola, mainly Modicana milk, aged a little longer than the mountain provole.

Rind
Clean, thin, smooth, ivory to straw/amber
Size
~1.0 kg; tapered pear with head

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Provola siciliana' (id 1222)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Siciliana PAT sheetgov