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Home » Dairy » Cheese » Semi-Firm Cheeses » Quartirolo Cheese

Quartirolo Cheese

Quartirolo Cheese

Fresh Quartirolo Cheese. Crillion / wikimedia / 2009 / Public Domain

Quartirolo is a soft, crumbly cheese with a slightly sour tang.

Inside, it is a very pale straw colour with a thin, pinkish-white rind on the outside.

There are two versions: one that is aged, typically for around 40 days, and a fresh one called “Quartirolo Fresco” that is aged only 1 week. The cheese is usually, though, aged.

If the cheese is allowed to age, it becomes more yellowish inside, and gets creamy under the rind. The rind in turn becomes wrinkled with a mould on it that is greyish-green turning to greyish-red the longer it is allowed to age.

Cultures found in the cheese are Streptococcus thermophilus and Lattobacillus bulgaricus.

Made in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy, the cheese is made in 7 ½ cm (3 inch) squares or in a rectangular shape 18 to 22 cm long (7 to 9 inches), weighing from 1 ½ to 3 kg (3 ⅓ to 6 ½ pounds).

Production

Quartirolo is made from raw whole or semi-skimmed cow’s milk.

The milk is heated to 28 C (82 F), then calf’s rennet is added to curdle it. The curds are salted, then packed in square moulds, then unmoulded and set to age on rye straw in refrigerated rooms.

Nutrition

Per 3 ½ oz (100 g) Quartirolo cheese contains 300 calories for the whole milk version, 215 calories for the semi-skimmed.

Storage Hints

Store Quartirolo cheese in the fridge wrapped in tin foil.

History

Originally, the milk came from two separate milkings, and the cheese was aged in caves.

Quartirolo cheese received its European PDO in 1996. Regulations for making the cheese are administered by the Association for the protection of the Quartirolo Lombardo.

Language Notes

Quartirolo cheese used to be made in September and October. The grass at this time of year was referred to as “quartirola,” meaning “fourth cutting,” thus, the name, “Quartirolo”.

Other names

Italian: Quartirolo

This page first published: May 16, 2005 · Updated: May 1, 2022.

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