Formai de Mut dell’Alta Valle Brembana D.O.P.
This cheese is produced in Valle Brembana , traditionally called herdsmen’s valley. Once, herdsmen were called “bergamì” and “bergamina” was the herd. Still nowadays “bergamino” is the term which refers to entrepreneur or worker who cares about dairy cows. Link with production land is characteristic. Typical processing and storage of dairy products occurs in pastures, in chalets called “casére”.
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Characteristics
Name:
Formai de Mut dell’Alta Valle Brembana D.O.P.
Milk:
Cow, whole, raw.
Rind:
Thin, dense, organic, straw yellow colored.
Ageing:
Minimum period of 45 days.
Type:
Fat pressed cheese with semi-cooked and semi-hard paste, widespread eyes. Size of eyes starts from 1mm till the size known as “partridge eye”.
Production area:
Lombardy: province of Bergamo.
Production:
Annual, summer (alpage).
