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Bitto DOP Cheese

Bitto DOP Cheese

  • Ferments: natural from calf
  • Rind: thin, compact, straw-yellow colour turning brown with time.
  • Paste: yellowish, compact, pitted with sparse partridge-eye holes.
  • Surface: Flat or almost flat
  • Thickness: 3.15 inch
  • Territory: the entire province of Sondrio, especially, the Valtellina, the in the province of Bergamo, such areas of Averara, Carona, Cusio, Foppolo, Mezzoldo, Piazzatore, Saint Brigida and Valleve.
  • Label: DOP

Bitto DOP is a cylindrical, semi-cooked, semi-hard cheese, made from whole cow's milk with no more than 10 per cent of goat's milk added. The delicate and sweet paste varies from white to straw-yellow depending on the maturation period. The cheese is pitted with sparse partridge-eye holes.

Piece of: 10.58 oz
Zones of production: the entire province of Sondrio, especially la Valtellina and, in the province of Bergamo, territories of Averara, Carona, Cusio, Foppolo, Mezzoldo, Piazzatore, Santa Brigida and Valleve.
 
Maturation: from minimum of 70 days to the ageing of 10 years.
 
Ingredients: milk, rennet and salt.
 
For everyday consumption, it is recommended to preserve it in a refrigerator on a less cold shelf inside the package paper or aluminium. 

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