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Bruss Cheese

This page first published: Apr 23, 2006 · Updated: Jun 24, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2021 · This web site may contain affiliate links · This web site generates income via ads · Information on this site is copyrighted. Taking whole pages for your website is theft and will be DCMA'd. See re-use information.

Bruss Cheese is a fermented cheese spread made in Piedmont, Italy.

Many people dislike it because it has a strong, putrid smell — and its sharp taste tastes just like it smells. Some people call it just plain nasty, and wives will berate husbands who offer it to unwitting foreign visitors.

To make Bruss Cheese spread, you start with sheep’s cheese. You cut or crumble the cheese up, put it in a jar, cover the cheese with olive oil, then seal the jar. Some people make it in terracotta jars, others just use washed out glass jars. Every day for the next two weeks, invert the jar. Then every week after that, invert it just once a week. It can be eaten after 7 weeks, but many age it for up to 4 years. The mixture inside turns into a tan-coloured thick paste.

Instead of olive oil, some use milk and some alcohol, such as cognac, grappa or white wine. Some use olive oil, but add alcohol at a certain point to stop the fermentation.

Different makers make Bruss Cheese with different cheeses.

Cooking Tips

Bruss can be spread on bruschetta, or used to make a creamy dressing for vegetables or salads.

History Notes

Bruss may have initially been a way to use up leftover bits of cheese.

Literature & Lore

A saying in Piedmont is “only love is stronger than Bruss.”

Language Notes

Pronounced “Bruce.”

Tagged With: Italian Food, Piedmont Food

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