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Raw whole cow milk is worked within 90 minutes of milking, seeded with pingo (whey collected while salting the previous batch) and set with rennet in 40–90 minutes. The curd is cut to grains under 1 cm, pressed into moulds by hand and dry-salted on both faces. The 1–1.2 kg cheeses ripen on wooden shelves, turned and washed every few days, for a few weeks.
Amounts from a sourceAmounts are per 100 L of milk as set in the indication-of-provenance rules (pingo 100–500 mL, rennet 20–40 mL of strength 1/10,000, dry salt 40–120 g per kg of curd); no additives are allowed. Cheeses weigh 1.0–1.2 kg.
pingo, the salted whey collected during salting of the previous batch
Total time across the recorded steps: 22 days
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What changes:Fresh raw milk is filtered into the vat soon after milking
Step 1 of 8
Milk and filter
Time
up to 1.5 h
Set
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactococcus
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
L. casei
L. plantarum
Filtered through a filter or washed synthetic cloth. The milk is not heated.
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
At a glance
Raw whole cow milk is worked within 90 minutes of milking, seeded with pingo (whey collected while salting the previous batch) and set with rennet in 40–90 minutes. The curd is cut to grains under 1 cm, pressed into moulds by hand and dry-salted on both faces. The 1–1.2 kg cheeses ripen on wooden shelves, turned and washed every few days, for a few weeks. Made in 8 steps over 22 days. The longest step, ripen on wooden shelves, takes at least 22 days (Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária (IMA) 2013) and runs at at least 12 °C (Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária (IMA) 2024). Lactococcus, the most abundant genus in Canastra cheese; Lactobacillus rhamnosus, L. casei and L. plantarum were the main species isolated from milk and Canastra cheese in one study does most of the fermenting.
It is seeded with whey collected while salting the previous batch, pressed only by hand and dry-salted on the faces, and ripens at room temperature on wooden shelves.
Rind
Thin, smooth, yellow, darker at edges; white or green mould with age
Size
Cylinder 15–17 cm across, 4–6 cm high; 1.0–1.2 kg
Moisture
At most 45.9 g per 100 g (state standard); about 41.7 g in one study
Ripening stages
Fresco (under four days), meia cura, and curado (from two weeks), as the IP rules name them
The milk is raw. The state standard requires processing within 90 minutes of milking, a set minimum ripening, moisture of at most 45.9%, and no Salmonella or Listeria monocytogenes in 25 g.
Hazards the sources name: Coagulase-positive staphylococci, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, limited by the state standard (Salmonella and Listeria absent in 25 g).
Cheesemaking in the Canastra came with the families who settled the area during the mining rush, and the cheese was already an important food in the 19th century. In 2015, 2017 and 2019 Canastra cheeses won medals at the Mondial du Fromage in France.