Cheese ripening
OwnerHerman Frank Burghout, Johannes Antonius Pendersinventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving the bottom face and top face of the block-shaped coated cheese largely uncovered. The present disclosure also relates to a method of making the naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type.
Claims14
A method for providing a naturally ripened, partially covered and coated, block-shaped cheese of hard or semi-hard type, comprising the steps of:
- (i) forming a block-shaped cheese from a curd by a process comprising inoculating a cheese making media with an acid-producing microorganism to form a coagulum, cutting the coagulum to provide curd and whey, and separating the curd from the whey, pressing the curd into a block shape and brining the block-shaped cheese thus obtained;
- (ii) applying a protective water-permeable coating layer onto the entire surface of the block-shaped cheese, thereby obtaining a coated block-shaped cheese;
- (iii) partially covering the coated block-shaped cheese with a layer of a water-impermeable material thereby obtaining a partially covered and coated block-shaped cheese;
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- (iv) allowing the partially covered and coated block-shaped cheese to ripen,
- wherein the partially covered and coated block-shaped cheese comprises a top face, a bottom face and four faces that form the circumference of the partially covered and coated block-shaped cheese, and
- wherein in step (iii) at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the block-shaped coated cheese are covered with the layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving at least 80% of the top face and bottom face uncovered.
A naturally ripened, block-shaped cheese of the hard or semi-hard type comprising a water-permeable coating applied onto the entire surface of the naturally ripened block-shaped cheese and a water-impermeable material applied onto the water-permeable coating, wherein at least all vertices and the four edges that connect the top face and bottom face of the naturally ripened block-shaped coated cheese are covered with a layer of the water-impermeable material while leaving at least 80% of the bottom face and top face of the naturally ripened block-shaped coated cheese uncovered.
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