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Cheese from Italy, Campania

Treccia di Montella

Made in 6 steps over 4.3 h – 5.5 h. The longest step, mould and salt, takes 3–4 h (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main step3–4 hReported[onaf][onaf-sheet][pat-sheet]Mould and salt
Temperature36–37 °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, (Bruna), raw, whole; delivered within 24 h
Starter: small amount of farm milk starter (milk soured from the previous day)

Total time across the recorded steps: 4.3 h – 5.5 h

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

Step 1 of 6
Prepare the milk
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

C (Bruna), raw, whole; delivered within 24 h

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

Drier braided pasta filata; the lifting stretch differs from the rotary stretch of buffalo mozzarella.

Rind
Very thin glossy skin, milk-white to ivory
Size
Treccia 0.500–1.000 kg; nodini 0.100–0.200 kg

Variants

  • treccia: three-strand braid
  • nodini: single knotted rope

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Treccia di Montella' (id 1168)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Campania PAT sheetgov