Raschera vs Tuma
Raschera
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Piedmont
- Status
- PDO
Raschera is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Italy, pressed into wheels that may be square or round. It belongs to the mountain dairy tradition of Piedmont, where herds feed on alpine grass. The paste is firm and elastic, ivory to pale straw, with a scattering of tiny holes. A thin natural rind runs from gray to a reddish tone, sometimes with a yellow cast. The name is protected.
Tuma
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Piedmont
Tuma is a pressed cow's milk cheese from Piedmont in Italy. In local speech the name sits beside toma, and many wheels from the same dairies are often sold under one spelling or the other. The cheese is a round with a thin natural rind and a pale, supple paste. Young pieces taste mild and milky. Cheese kept longer turns a little firmer and more savory, but it stays a table cheese rather than a hard grating block.