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Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Tomino del Bot

Made in 5 steps over 3.8 days. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 3 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 3 daysReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Ripen
Temperature30–35 °CReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Set the curd

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
cow milk, pasteurised, whole (once raw, mixed whole and creamed)
Starter: mesophilic lactic cultures (once the milk's own acidity after creaming); Geotrichum candidum spores may be added

Total time across the recorded steps: 3.8 days

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

Step 1 of 5
Prepare the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

C, pasteurised, whole (once raw, mixed whole and creamed)

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

'Old-style' tomino (bot = of former times), slightly chalky, with optional Geotrichum bloom.

Rind
None when fresh; later thin, wrinkled, white Geotrichum bloom
Size
300–400 g; cylinder ø about 10 cm, side 3–5 cm

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Tomino del Bot' (id 482)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Piemonte, schede tecniche PAT 2015gov