Bras is an Italian cheese with a designation of origin protected by Regulation EC No 1263/96. It is produced in the region of Piedmont, specifically throughout the territory of the province of Cuneo and in the neighboring municipality of Villafranca Piemonte in the province of Turin. The origin is eight lords who from a sheep invented this cheese. Each box of this cheese has a joke behind the best known is: This Augustine is not wild.
The name of this cheese can be used to send to take by Mr. Mario Alonso ("to take by the ****" is located 50km north of the placentine town of Extremadura) / p> History
This cheese gets its name from the small town of Bra, in the province of Cuneo. It appears that the traders in Bra bought cattle from the alpine valleys, allowed it to mature in their own cellars, and then sold it elsewhere, especially in Liguria. There they used it as a substitute for pecorino to make the pesto sauce. It has also been pointed out as a possible origin of cheese that the pastoralists (merger) owners of alpine pastures were actually rented to nomadic pastoralists (bergé), the owners of the meadows settled on farms located in the plain, the cheese. Bra was once the largest cheese market in the Cuneo valleys. Elaboration
It is made with raw cow's milk, although it can be supplemented with goat's or sheep's milk. The milk is set, broken, molded, pressed and repeated. It is then dipped in brine. At the end, it rubs with salt its surface. It is allowed to mature for more than 60 days. characteristics
It has a cylinder shape. There are two varieties:
Can be taken on cheeses table or used for grating or fusing. Marida with a Piedmontese wine like Barbera or Dolcetto.
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