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[[Image:Tomino del Talucco cheese.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tomino del Talucco cheese]]
[[Image:Tomino del Talucco cheese.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tomino del Talucco cheese]]
'''Region''':  Piemonte
'''Region''':  Piemonte
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'''Raw material''':  [[Goats' milk]] or a mix of [[Cows|cows]]' and [[Goats|goats]]' [[Milk|milk]], [[Rennet|rennet]], [[Salt|salt]].
'''Raw material''':  [[Goats' milk]] or a mix of [[Cows|cows]]' and [[Goats|goats]]' [[Milk|milk]], [[Rennet|rennet]], [[Salt|salt]].


'''Characteristics''':  The weight of each form is 50-100 g. The rind is noneexistent if the tomino is fresh, thin and hard if seasoned, with a reddish colour. Paste is elegant, soft and moist, chalk white. The taste is delicate and [[Lactic|lactic]] for the fresh tominos; more intense and goaty in the aged forms.  
'''Characteristics''':  The weight of each form is 50-100 g. The rind is nonexistent if the tomino is fresh, thin and hard if seasoned, with a reddish colour. Paste is elegant, soft and moist, chalk white. The taste is delicate and [[Lactic|lactic]] for the fresh tominos; more intense and goaty in the aged forms.  


'''Area of production''':  The slopes of Pinerolese, in the Province of Torino, particularly Talucco (district of Pinerolo) and St. Pietro Val Lemina.
'''Area of production''':  The slopes of Pinerolese, in the Province of Torino, particularly Talucco (district of Pinerolo) and St. Pietro Val Lemina.


'''History''':  Tomino means "little [[Cheese|cheese]]" in local dialect language, whilw Talucco is the name of the commune where it is most produced.
'''History''':  Tomino means "little [[Cheese|cheese]]" in local dialect language, while Talucco is the name of the commune where it is most produced.


'''Trading of the product''':  The Tomino of Talucco is available near the best [[Cheese|cheese]] affineurs and cheesemongers in Torino, or is directly commercialised by the producers. Normally the producers are both shepherds and cheesemakers.
'''Trading of the product''':  The Tomino of Talucco is available near the best [[Cheese|cheese]] affineurs and cheesemongers in Torino, or is directly commercialised by the producers. Normally the producers are both shepherds and cheesemakers.


'''Techniques of production''':  [[Whole milk]] is heated to 90°C, and then cooled to 30-40°C. Liquid [[Rennet|rennet]] is added in a measure of 10 ml per 100 [[Litres|litres]] of [[Milk|milk]]. After a rest of 10-15 minutes, the break-up of the [[Curd|curd]] is made with the [[Skimmer|skimmer]]. Then, there is another brief rest of 5-10 minutes and the curd is moved to the moulds. The tomino is then turned and [[Salted|salted]]. The product so gotten is consumed within one or two days. A tipology of seasoned Tomino di Talucco also exists. The forms, removed by the moulds, are settled on [[Rye|rye]] straw and subsequently salted. The brief aging lasts one or two weeks, during which [[Cheeses|cheeses]] are turned often. Sometimes at the end of seasoning [[Pepper|pepper]] or the serpillo [[Thyme|thyme]] (typical thyme growing in this region, flavour like[[Lemon|lemon]]) is added.
'''Techniques of production''':  [[Whole milk]] is heated to 90°C, and then cooled to 30-40°C. Liquid [[Rennet|rennet]] is added in a measure of 10 ml per 100 [[Litres|litres]] of [[Milk|milk]]. After a rest of 10-15 minutes, the break-up of the [[Curd|curd]] is made with the [[Skimmer|skimmer]]. Then, there is another brief rest of 5-10 minutes and the curd is moved to the moulds. The tomino is then turned and [[Salted|salted]]. The product so gotten is consumed within one or two days. A typology of seasoned Tomino di Talucco also exists. The forms, removed by the moulds, are settled on [[Rye|rye]] straw and subsequently salted. The brief ageing lasts one or two weeks, during which [[Cheeses|cheeses]] are turned often. Sometimes at the end of seasoning [[Pepper|pepper]] or the serpillo [[Thyme|thyme]] (typical thyme growing in this region, flavour like[[Lemon|lemon]]) is added.


'''Reference''':  '''[http://alpinetgheep-prodotti.uniud.it/Home-page.1.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=1 Alpinet Gheep]'''
'''Reference''':  '''[http://alpinetgheep-prodotti.uniud.it Alpinet Gheep]'''
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