Mató is mentioned in the Sent Soví, a 14th-century Catalan cookbook, as well as in the El Noi de la Mare local Christmas carol.[6] It was very popular during the Middle Ages, when it was made plain or scented with orange flowers.[8]
It is made by hand by boiling the milk and coagulating it with a vegetable element such as the thistle flower (Cynara cardunculus), lemon juice or an animal element (rennet). The resulting product is filtered through a cloth in wicker or cane containers. A white, slightly sweet pasty mass is thus obtained due to the effect of the concentration of lactose in the milk.
Industrial manufacturing uses the same physical-chemical principle but pasteurized milk and large-capacity stainless steel tanks are used.
Mató is consumed as a dessert. It can be sprinkled with sugar, although the most traditional way is the one that uses honey to sweeten it. It is also used in some preparations such as cottage cheese cake (Greixonera de Brossat), as well as the preparation of a cake such as coca de brossat (coc de brossat).
^Catalan Cheese and Honey Dessert Recipe 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
^Dolors Ponsati, Ramon Clotet i Ballús, Josep Mestres, La problemàtica dels formatges de xerigot a Catalunya: brossat, mató, recuit. In Quaderns agraris, 25 December 1999
mató, catalan, pronunciation, məˈto, fresh, cheese, catalonia, made, from, sheep, goats, milk, with, salt, added, country, origincatalan, countriesregioncataloniasource, milksheeps, goatstexturesoftrelated, media, commonsit, usually, served, with, honey, tradi. Mato Catalan pronunciation meˈto is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from sheep or goats milk with no salt added 1 MatoCountry of originCatalan CountriesRegionCataloniaSource of milksheeps goatsTextureSoftRelated media on CommonsIt is usually served with honey as a traditional and emblematic Catalan dessert known as mel i mato 2 Contents 1 Description and origin 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDescription and origin EditMato is a whey cheese 3 similar to non industrial variants of the fresh cheeses known as Brull in Maestrat Ports de Beseit and the Southern Terres de l Ebre 4 and as Brossat in Andorra Pallars Menorca Mallorca and parts of Occitania 5 as well as the brocciu in Corsica and other types of curd cheese such as Italian ricotta The Mato from the villages near the Montserrat mountain such as Ullastrell and Marganell 6 is quite famous 7 Mato is mentioned in the Sent Sovi a 14th century Catalan cookbook as well as in the El Noi de la Mare local Christmas carol 6 It was very popular during the Middle Ages when it was made plain or scented with orange flowers 8 It is made by hand by boiling the milk and coagulating it with a vegetable element such as the thistle flower Cynara cardunculus lemon juice or an animal element rennet The resulting product is filtered through a cloth in wicker or cane containers A white slightly sweet pasty mass is thus obtained due to the effect of the concentration of lactose in the milk Industrial manufacturing uses the same physical chemical principle but pasteurized milk and large capacity stainless steel tanks are used Mato is consumed as a dessert It can be sprinkled with sugar although the most traditional way is the one that uses honey to sweeten it It is also used in some preparations such as cottage cheese cake Greixonera de Brossat as well as the preparation of a cake such as coca de brossat coc de brossat See also EditCatalan symbolsReferences Edit La fabricacio industrial del formatge XTEC Catalan Cheese and Honey Dessert Recipe Archived 2015 04 05 at the Wayback Machine Dolors Ponsati Ramon Clotet i Ballus Josep Mestres La problematica dels formatges de xerigot a Catalunya brossat mato recuit In Quaderns agraris 25 December 1999 El Parlar Catinenc Brossat Andorra a b Marganell Town Hall page Archived 2015 02 13 at the Wayback Machine Mato de Montserrat Vicent Canet Mato un producte tipic catala In La Vanguardia 16 April 2006External links Edit Media related to Mato at Wikimedia Commons Mato recipe Desserts using Mato This cheese related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Catalan cuisine related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mato amp oldid 1135612306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
