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Rubing () is a firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the
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Rubing () is a firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities. Its Bai name is ''youdbap'', meaning "goat's milk".
Production
Rubing is made by mixing heated goat's milk and a souring agent, traditionally a mixture called ''năiténg'' (奶藤; lit. 'milk vine') made from a cultivatedvine
A vine is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themselves, for instance, when used in wicker work.Jackson; Benjamin; Da ...
. Rubing is a staple of the Bai and Yi ethnic minorities’ cuisines and is celebrated as one of Yunnan’s most distinctive dairy products.
Preparation and serving
Rubing is most often steamed with local ham or salt beef, or sometimes served pan fried with salt and chilli. It may also be stir fried with vegetables (typically a mix ofbroccoli
Broccoli (''Brassica oleracea'' var. ''italica'') is an edible green plant in the Brassicaceae, cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus ''Brassica'') whose large Pseudanthium, flowering head, plant stem, stalk and small associated leafy gre ...
and carrot), in a similar manner to how other mainland Chinese rural cuisine tends to stir-fry harder forms of tofu
or bean curd is a food prepared by Coagulation (milk), coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness: ''silken'', ''soft'', ''firm'', and ''extra (or super) firm''. It originated in Chin ...
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Sichuan pepper
Sichuan pepper (, also known as Sichuanese pepper, Szechuan pepper, Chinese prickly ash, Chinese pepper, Mountain pepper, and ''mala'' pepper, is a spice commonly used in Sichuan cuisine in China, Bhutan and in northeast India. It is called mej ...
powder.
Relationship to other cheeses
Rubing is roughly similar to paneer and queso blanco, but with the aroma of fresh goat's milk. Its flavour profile is also comparable to Halloumi, sharing a similar flavour characteristic, mild saltiness, slightly tangy notes, ability to be grilled without melting.See also
*Yunnan cuisine
Yunnan cuisine, alternatively known as Dian cuisine, is an amalgam of the cuisines of the Han Chinese and other Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority groups in Yunnan, Yunnan Province in Southwest China, southwestern China. As the pro ...
* Rushan (cheese)
* List of goat milk cheeses
References
Chinese cheeses Acid-set cheeses Goat's-milk cheeses Yunnan cuisine {{Cheese-stub