Butirro "burrino calabrese" 250g

Butirro 250g is an ivory-coloured pasta filata cheese with a soft consistency and a pear shape. The peculiarity of Butirro 250g is its butter core, which gives it a very typical sweet and delicate taste.

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250 g

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Butirro "burrino calabrese" 250g

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Butirro 250g is a typical Calabrian product, produced with cow's milk mainly in the provinces of Cosenza and Catanzaro, in particular the Silano Plateau. The Butirro 250g is a spun paste cheese that was born with a specific purpose, that is to preserve the butter, in fact the Butirro 250g is a spun paste envelope that contains a heart of butter. The name Butirro derives from the Calabrian dialect word for butter and is usually produced from late spring to early summer when the cows are at high altitude, so the milk has special characteristics that give Butirro 250g a particular and typical taste.

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Size	250 g
Location	Made in Italy
Milk	vaccino
Aging	Short
How it's made	Cow's milk is added with calf rennet and made to act by coagulating at a temperature of 36-38 ° C, the curd undergoes a break and then boiling water is added to the mass to reach the ideal temperature for the acidification of the dough. The production process then involves a long pause after which the dough is placed on a table where it is cut into pieces and spun, in sheets. In this last phase, the sheets are filled with butter, becoming Butirro and closed with the typical pear shape.
cheese typology	hard cheese
Type of milk	cow's milk

Combinations

The Butirro 250g is excellent spread on hot toasted bread typical of Calabria, it is also perfect eaten alone or cut into pieces as an aperitif or even as an ingredient for delicious recipes. It prefers a white or sparkling rosé wine.

Technical Identity

cheese typology

hard cheese

Type of milk

cow's milk

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