Svecia

sveciaost

Svecia (or sveciaost, ost meaning cheese) is a swedish cheese. it is a semi-hard cow's-milk cheese, with a creamy consistency, light yellow colour, small irregular holes, and a mildly acidic taste. it is produced in wax-covered cylinders weighing 12 to 15 kg (26 to 33 lb) each.the cheese is similar to other swedish hard cheeses whose manufacturing methods date back to perhaps the 13th century, but the name svecia — from the latin suecia meaning "sweden" — is a 20th-century invention, dating to 1920. svecia is produced in a fashion typical to many semi-hard cheeses. milk is pasteurized to 72 °c (162 °f) then cooled to around 30 °c (86 °f). rennet is added to coagulate the milk into curds ...

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