Crescenza

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Crescenza

Crescenza is a short-ripened Italian soft cheese . It is also known by the popular name stracchino . This name probably comes from the time when the milk producers in Lombardy drove their cows from the hill country into the plains in autumn. The cheese was made from the milk of the tired animals (in the dialect “stracch”). It is mainly produced in Lombardy and Veneto , partly also in Piedmont .

features

Crescenza is a stick-shaped or rectangular cheese of white color. It has a very soft, creamy texture and has no rind. It has no perforation, but there are sometimes small individual gaps. Its fat content is 50% fat i. Tr. Its aroma is mild and fresh. It is mainly used as a spreadable table cheese.

Manufacturing

Crescenza is made from pasteurized cow's milk. The milk coagulates with rennet . The jelly is gently divided and skimmed off. The curd is filled into square shapes and turned several times. Following the cheeses are in a Lake salted. Maturation takes place at 4–5 ° C and 85–90% rel. Moisture , the cheese is turned several times. The ripening period is 7-10 days.

literature

  • Heinrich Mair-Waldburg: Handbook of cheese - cheese in the world from A - Z . Volkswirtschaftlicher Verlag GmbH, Kempten (Allgäu), 1974, ISBN 3-87875-001-3 , pp. 388-389.

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