Brânză de burduf
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| Brânză de burduf | |
|---|---|
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| Country of origin | Romania |
| Region | Romanian Carpathians |
| Town | Fundata |
| Source of milk | Sheep, Buffalo |
| Pasteurised | Traditionally, no |
| Texture | Soft |
Brânză de burduf (also known as "brânză frământată"[1] (English: kneaded cheese)) is a salty type of Romanian cheese, made with sheep (or occasionally buffalo) milk.[2][3] It has a strong flavour and slightly soft in texture.
Processing
[edit]To obtain it, sweet maturated caş (Emmental like cheese known as "caş dospit") is cut into small pieces, salted and then hand-mixed in a large wooden bowl. The mixture is then placed in a sheep's stomach,[4] or into a sheep's skin that has been carefully cleaned and sawed on the edges, or in a tube made of pine bark (giving it a slight piney bitter taste). The cheese can be consumed even if kept for a long time in a sheep's stomach or in a sheep's skin. If kept in pine bark, the cheese gets a specific pine resin flavour.
The cheese is specific to different areas from the historical regions of Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia (including assortments known as: "Brânză în coajă de brad" (Cheese in fir shell, famous in the traditional cheese region of Rucăr). Softer, more fatty variant of it is known as "Brânză de putină", "Cremă Focșani", "Brânză Moldova", "Brânză Dorna" ( this is what is usually found in supermarkets ), "Brânză Luduș", "Brânză Bistrița", "Brânză Săveni" or "Brânză Botoșana").[1][5][6]
Regions (where it is traditionally found)
[edit]-Rucăr area of Rucăr–Bran Pass
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b Brânza frământată at meat-milk.ro
- ^ Donnelly, C.; Kehler, M. (2016). The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-19-933089-8. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Irving, J.; Foundation, Terra Madre (2006). Terra Madre: 1,600 Food Communities. Slow Food Editore. p. 682. ISBN 978-88-8499-118-8. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Kristbergsson, K.; Oliveira, J. (2016). Traditional Foods: General and Consumer Aspects. Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain. Springer US. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4899-7648-2. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ^ Burduf, non English references Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brânza de burduf Archived 2018-09-11 at the Wayback Machine at lumeasatului.ro
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