Formaggio Tipico Branzi P.A.T.
Traditional Agri-food Product. Branzi is a small town in Alta Brembana Valley, where San Matteo’s fair takes place on 21st September. Already in the early nineteenth century, many traders went to this area to buy cheeses. In the past this cheese was made with cow’s milk mixed with goat’s or sheep’s milk.
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Characteristics
Name:
Formaggio Tipico Branzi P.A.T.
Milk:
Cow, full cream, raw.
Rind:
Not edible, thin, smooth, elastic, yellow.
Ageing:
From 45-60 days to over 180 days.
Type:
Fat, pressed, semi-hard and semi-cooked cheese, with regular and irregular, small and medium-size holes evenly distributed.
Production area:
Lombardy: province of Bergamo.
Production:
Annual.
