Italian Food Recipes

This is the simple, homemade recipe of Primo Sale. Primo sale is a cheese made with only cow’s milk or with cow’s milk mixed with goat’s milk. It is a fresh cheese Typical of Piacenza in the northern part of Italy and you van find it during all the year. There are different types of Primo Sale, like Primo Sale with spices or Natural Primo Sale. In Italy there is also another type of Primo Sale that is matured and that is typical of Sicily.








INGREDIENTS (for 8 people):
5 L of Whole milk of cow
1 or 2 Teaspoons of salt
1 Teaspoon of Rennet
A thermometer

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Alto Adige Terlano Sauvignon Doc (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Pour the milk in a large pan and add the rennet. Place the pan on a low flame, put in it the thermometer and stir with a wood-spoon until the thermometer reads 36 ° C.


When the temperature reaches the 36° C turn off the flame and let the milk curdle for about 30 minutes. Pay attention that the temperature remains constant, if the temperature goes down turn on the flame in order to re- reaches the right temperature. When the milk curdles, it forms sort of flakes.

With the help of a skimmer divide the flakes of milk from the whey and place the flakes in a colander with thin holes,


let drain and then move them in a container like this shown in the picture below.


Let the primo sale cool.It must be eat fresh.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!