Silter is an
Italian
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hard
cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During product ...
made within the Alpine
Lombardy region around
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia.
With an ...
and surrounding areas and traditionally produced with
unpasteurised cows milk during summer months and September,
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(Italian Language) (Accessed November 2015)
(Accessed November 2015) is
brined
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,
[Slow Food Editore, ''Italian Cheese'', ] and
aged for a minimum of 6 months.
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(Accessed Nov/2015).
Name
The name ''Silter'' originates from the name of the cheese store-room in Val Camonica
Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in ...
where cheeses are stored and aged.[
]
History
It is a traditional cheese from Valle Camonica, derived from the milk of brown breed cows, very common in the mountainous areas of the Brescia valleys. It takes its name from the Lombard term, of Celtic origin, which designates the aging room in the malga.
Production
The cheese is produced in the municipalities falling within the Montane Communities of Valle Camonica and partially in the Sebino Bresciano area. Particularly valuable are the shapes made in the malghe located on the Guglielmo
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People with the given name Guglielmo:
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and Maniva mountains, in the area of the Croce Domini Pass
The Croce Domini Pass ( it, Passo di Crocedomini) (el. 1892 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the region of Lombardy in Italy.
It connects the Lago d'Idro in the southeast and the Lago d'Iseo in the southwest.
The pass road has a maxim ...
as well as the Valleys of Case di Viso and Santa Apollonia in Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' of 1,729 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
Geography
Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers of the Oglio, Ponte di Legno is the uppermost comune of ...
.
See also
* List of Italian cheeses
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References
Italian products with protected designation of origin
Cow's-milk cheeses
Lombard cheeses
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