Minas cheese

The Minas cheese ( Portuguese: Queijo Minas ) is a typical cheese from Brazil with round shape. It is named after the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, which is well known for its cheese variety. The Minas cheese is a typical cheese in Brazilian farms, the production is straightforward.

There are the cheese in the three classical variants Frescal (fresh), Meia - cura (slightly matured ) and Curado ( matured ), the Queijo Minas Frescal is probably the most common and is often referred to as the Minas cheese. The Curado has a dark orange color and is in contrast to Frescal very hard. A fourth, relatively new variant is Padrão (standard), which is subject to standardized production processes and available in all of Brazil is.

History

The start of production of this cheese will be held in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil in the 18th century. Because of that large amount of milk cows in this region, the gold digger ( Mineiros ) fed mainly from Minas cheese.

Properties

  • Very soft
  • White color
  • Low-fat ( 15-19 %)
  • Wet ( 55-60 %)

Production and preparation

The Frescal cheese is usually made from the milk of cows Suri. The cheese is made ​​from the following ingredients:

  • 4 liters Suri cow's milk
  • 2 spoons of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of liquid milk Dick Auer ( Coalho )
  • 1/2 glass of warm water

The thick sour milk ( Coalho ) is the warm water and then mixed with the salt, with the milk between 33 ° and 35 ° must be warm. The ingredients are mixed well and allowed to stand so that the whole mixture is acidic. After about 10 minutes, the sour milk is removed with a sieve and pressed into a mold, without spending too much force. Then a little salt is added, after which the cheese is allowed to rest for four hours, so that the water can run out. After some salt is added, and again waiting again four hours. This step is repeated twice, with the last time before the mold is inverted.

Use

In Brazil you eat this cheese with Goiabada ( a Brazilian candy that Goiaba ) is made from the guava fruit ( - a bit like jam ) with bread or simply by itself. Some say that the cheese tastes better when it is heated up and others just like to eat it with sugar.

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