We always wanted to scan Sicily for a longer workcation but since time is scarce we thought why not hop to Palermo for a few days and breath in some cheesy air as kind of an aperitivo for future travels to come.
Fiera del Formaggio di Fossa – Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy
Fiera del Formaggio di Fossa – Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy
This year Fiera del Formaggio di Fossa, the Fossa Cheese Fair goes into its 47th round!
As in previous years the Fair will be held in Sogliano sul Rubicone in Italy´s Forlì-Cesena province on the outer edge of the Emilia-Romagna.
On three Sundays the event that traditionally attracts thousands of visitors will offer food stands with pit cheese as well as other typical products from Italy and the area. And of course it wouldn´t be a festival if there would not also be lots of tastings, wine and performances.
DATES: Sunday 20th of November – Sunday 27th of November – Sunday 4th of December
Cabannin .. U-Cabanin!
Ever heard of Cabannin cows or the U-Cabanin cheese?
Well – lucky us – we can still enjoy both, since not too long ago this cow breed and its cheese faced a future only in history books.
Bola de Ocosingo – Cheese Ball from out of Mexican Space
As you know Gustav and I are ambitious cheese-travelers and if it was on us we would do nothing else but hunt cheeses world-wide. Well, we can´t, but lucky us Gustav charmed some cheese-courriers to do the hunt and bring back some exceptional finds to taste and welcome into our *formaggiastic* community.
Today this traveller from afar is *Bola de Ocosingo*- but before going into its specialties let´s take a short glimpse into the history of Mexican cheese making.
A CHEESE GETAWAY -Barcelona, Catalonia
Exact date yet to be announced!
Join formaggiastic and Catalonia’s top food pros Aborígens for 3 culinary cheese days and spend
some unforgettable days in and around Barcelona.
In a small group guided by Catalonian food insiders Aborígens you’ll discover
traditional taverns, meet up with regional cheese makers, and spend epicurean hours at an organic winery.
A tour to Catalan´s culinary heart for all lovers of food, culture and terroir.
Cevrin di Coazze – slow food, great mood!
It´’s not a secret that Gustav and I are huge fans of Italian cheeses and traveling to Italy is a regular must. This time we were in the Piedmont and found our way to Giaveno about an hour West of Turin where we stopped by *Azienda Agricola Fratelli Lussiana*.
The little towns of Giaveno and Coazze in the Sangone valley are home to Slow food family member Cevrin di Coazze which is only produced by a handful of cheese makers.
*Cevrin* in the local dialect means a mix of cow’s and goat’s milk cheese and * Cevrin di Coazze * is indeed exactely that. A mix of goat´’s and cow’s milk with a goat´’s milk proportion of at least 40%.
The goats of Lussiana family are Chamois Coloured Goats from the Piedmont valleys (Camosciata delle valli piemontesi), which don’t produce as much milk as eg. the white Saanen breed but are robust and well adapted to the mountainous territory they live in. The cows are of the autochtone and sturdy Barà cattle breed which is similar to the better known Pustertaler, derives from the valleys around Cuneo and Turin and is unfortunately in danger of going extinct.
With production time limited from March to November when the animals are out in pasture ,dry salted, *Cevrin di Coazze*can be made from raw, thermized as well as pasteurized milk and has a minimum age of 90 days. The evening milk of the cows is completed with the morning batch of the goats and in our case coagulated with the help of calves rennet.
*Cevrin* has an unpressed and semisoft paste that melts hesitantly midst its regular eyes and releases notes of spicy mushroom and lactic, nutty pastures, all of which make you feel history, valleys and animals alike.
We paired our * Cevrin di Coazze * with a Barbera d’Asti that manages to cut through the spicyness and brings out the milder more buttery sides of todays guest of honor.
Gustav rates our travel encounter a happy 12/10 and says next time he will also keep an eye on people and landscape and not just the cheese.
Well Gustav, welcome to my world …
Let´s Talk Fromage…
Goat cheese season already started and as promised May will be the month we will introduce some white delights every cheese lover dreams of.
As you all know there are as many variants of goat cheese as there is sand on a beach and therefor our selection was driven by personal cravings, curiosity and a hint of conservatism.