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Cheese from Italy, Lombardia

Robiola bresciana

Made in 5 steps over 11 days – 21 days. The longest step, ripen, takes 10–20 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step10–20 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.
cow milk, whole, chilled 12 h at 4 °C; raw, or pasteurised 78 °C 120 s by steam injection
Starter: milk starter (lattoinnesto) of S. thermophilus and L. bulgaricus in milk thermised at 60 °C, matured 3 h

Total time across the recorded steps: 11 days – 21 days

Start
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4 °C

What changes: Raw or pasteurised whole cow milk goes into the vat

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

C, whole, chilled 12 h at 4 °C; raw, or pasteurised 78 °C 120 s by steam injection

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

Flat square robiola bearing reed-mat ridges; recorded in the 1877–1885 Jacini agrarian inquiry.

Rind
None (soft type) or thin, white to reddish-straw (firm type)
Size
Square/rectangle 10 × 10–20 cm, h 3–6 cm; 0.4–0.8 kg

Variants

  • morbida: no rind, white melting paste
  • dura: thin reddening rind, crumbly core, creamy under the rind

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Robiola bresciana' (id 1026)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Lombardia PAT sheetgov