Tasty reads
Testun
January 15, 2013
Characteristics
Production zone
Only in the area between the Tanaro and the Vermenagna rivers.
Characteristics
Cheese of oat’s molk, sometimes with cow’s milk, fat or half-fat, with raw, half-hard and pressed dough.
Shape and dimensions
Cylindric shape, with 30-35 cm diameter, 8-10 cm high. Weighs 4 to 8 kilos. Thin rind, dark yellow, that thickens during the seasoning.
Looks of the dough
Compact dough, white or pale yellow; when seasoned, it can have green veins.
Production technique
It is made with oat’s molk, sometimes mixed with cow’s milk.
The milk is warmed up at 37° C, and mixed with rennet; after having been coagulated and broken it is left alone for one hour.
The mix is then taken, kneaden and pressed. The seasoning lasts at least two months, sometimes up to one year.
Taste and smell
delicate flavours whren the cheese is fresh; more intense when it’s seasoned, because of the oat’s milk. Its sweet taste is more intense in the fresh moulds, while the seasoned ones are a bit hot.
How to eat it
Alone.
Recommended wines
Nebbiolo d’Alba, Roero giovane, Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba.
