Salva cremasco is a cheese soft raw milk cheese, made exclusively from whole cow's milk and aged for at least 75 days. It is an excellence of , Made in Italy cheeses, a great protagonist on Lombard tables. And it is protected by Alti Formaggi, a project of the Consortiums for the Protection of typical Italian cheeses of Lombardy. It is produced in the territories of the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi and Milan, where all stages of processing are carried out starting from milk production.
It was produced to save surplus milk, a need from which its name originates. Unlike other soft cheeses that are not very resistant in the warm period, it is suitable for medium-long aging. Shaped like a parallelepiped weighing between 1 and 5 kilograms, it is Italian Salva cremasco if it has a thin crust characterized by a slight bloom.
White in color with an irregular eye and a compact consistency, it is crumbly to the touch. The taste is aromatic and intense, becoming more pronounced with advancing aging. A laborious phase, marked by frequent interventions on the form, moisturized with water and salt and dry brushed, in order to facilitate proper maturation and give it the characteristic coloration.
