Tuma Tri Fulera

Italy

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Tuma or Toma is a stage in the production of Pecorino cheese, which comes before adding salt and maturation commonly used to refer to fresh cheese. Toma in Italian means “cheese made by the farmer himself" 

The four stages of maturation of the Pecorino cheese are:

Tuma (directly from the curd) Primosale (addition of salt and maturation for one month) Secondo sale (maturation for at least another four months) Pecorino stagionato (any maturation period longer than five-six months) Cheese products can be consumed at any of those stages and are usually referred to by the last stage completed.

Since Tuma is produced from the curd without the addition of salt, it has to be consumed within one, maximum two weeks or it will spoil.

Originally Tuma was only made from ewe's milk, but nowadays the usage in combination with cow's milk is generally accepted.

Amourette 2014

Country	Italy