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Fermentation Atlas

Pressed uncooked cheeses

Lightly scalded, pressed curds with natural or washed rinds: tommes and monastery cheeses.

328 entries listed here, page 5 of 5.

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CheeseRegionMilkRipeningRind
Toma Piemontese PDOPiedmontcow milk≥15–60 d
Tome des Bauges PDOBaugescow milk, raw≥5 wk
Tomino di SordevoloItaly, Piemonte30 minNone
Topli nu paneerParsicow milkfresh in whey
Trappe ÉchourgnacFrance, Dordogne
TronchónTeruel/Castellónsheep/goat milk
Ubriaco (Formaggio ubriaco)Venetocow milkmonths
VaciarinItaly, Piemonte1 hNone

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Short entries

What the sources record about each of these so far.

Toma Piemontese PDOPiedmont
Milk
cow milk
Ripening
≥15–60 d

Made like Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette).

Tome des Bauges PDOBauges

natural rind

Milk
cow milk, raw
Ripening
≥5 wk

Made like Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette).

Tomino di SordevoloItaly, Piemonte

Very fresh, tall, moist cow tomino, traditionally eaten with acacia honey.

Rind
None
Size
About 400 g; tall cylinder ø 7–8 cm, side 8–10 cm
  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd30 min · 32–34 °C
  3. Cut and drain the curd
  4. Mould and salt
Topli nu paneerParsi

rennet curd set in small baskets (topli), kept in whey

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
fresh in whey

Made like Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette).

Trappe ÉchourgnacFrance, Dordogne

Trappist pressed cheese whose rind is washed with walnut liqueur; made by monks from 1868 on raw milk, now bought in and only affined at the abbey.

  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd
  3. Mould and salt2 % salt
  4. Ripen
TronchónTeruel/Castellón

volcano-shaped dimple

Milk
sheep/goat milk

Made like Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette).

Ubriaco (Formaggio ubriaco)Veneto

immersed in wine and pomace (vinacce)

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
months

Made like Uncooked or semi-cooked pressed cheese family (tomme, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Morbier, Raclette).

VaciarinItaly, Piemonte

Unsalted, very moist fresh cow cheese eaten with oil, salt and pepper or acacia honey.

Rind
None
Size
About 1.0 kg; irregular flat cylinder ø 20–25 cm, side 2–3 cm
  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd1 h
  3. Cut and drain the curd
  4. Mould and salt

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