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Cheese from Italy, Piemonte

Tuma di Bossolasco

Made in 5 steps over 7 days. The longest step, ripen, takes at least 5 days (ONAF).

Key numbers
Main stepat least 5 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.
mixed milk, (C + S), raw, whole, kept at 4 °C

Total time across the recorded steps: 7 days

Start
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4 °C

What changes: Raw whole mixed milk goes into the vat

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

M (C + S), raw, whole, kept at 4 °C

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

Small Langhe cow–ewe tuma with a washed clean rind, sometimes kept on in glass jars.

Rind
Thin, edible, white turning straw-yellow after 8–10 d
Size
0.250–0.400 kg; cylinder ø 10–11 cm, side 2.5–3.5 cm

Variants

  • drier forms further aged in glass jars ('albanelle')

History and sources

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

  1. [onaf] ONAF, scheda formaggio 'Tuma di Bossolasco' (id 758)web
  2. [onaf-sheet] ONAF technical sheet PDFweb
  3. [pat-sheet] Regione Piemonte, schede tecniche PAT 2015gov