Puzzone di Moena cheese
Puzzone di Moena is a semi-hard, rind washed, semi-cooked, unpasteurised cows' milk cheese which is produced in the valleys of Fiemme and Fassa, more specifically in the area of Moena, in the province of Trento in Italy's Trentino-Alto Adige.
Behind its great aroma hides a compact and elastic cheese with intense flavour, slightly spicy, with a fruity aftertaste and pleasantly bitter.
Although the cheese is similar to other mountain "tomas", this cheese is notable for its strong pungent odour, and the word puzzone in Italian means 'stinky'.
After salting in brine, a process that lasts two days and during the first two weeks of ageing, the cheeses are washed with warm spring water from the nearby mountains to develop the rind and aroma. This will form an airtight layer that surrounds the cheeses and promotes fermentation in the paste.
They are matured in the cool, with high humidity, on wooden shelves. The average maturation period is two months to eight months. The shape is cylindrical with flat faces with a diameter of 32-36 cm. The rind is smooth, oily and the interior is brownish-yellow with small and medium sporadic holes.
Calories in different varieties and various types of cheeses
The number of calories in various types of cheese is very similar when you compare your cheese to a similar types of cheese.
For example, almost cheeses that are similar to Cheddar cheese have around 400 calories per 100g
If the Puzzone di Moena cheese is not listed below, select a similar type of cheese from the list below to get a rough idea for the number of calories in Puzzone di Moena cheese.
The calorie lists are sortable by clicking the up and down arrows in the heading columns
| Cheese type | Calories per 100g |
|---|---|
| American cheese | 371 |
| Blue cheese | 353 |
| Camembert cheese | 299 |
| Cheddar cheese | 402 |
| Cottage cheese | 98 |
| Edam cheese | 357 |
| Farmer's cheese | 98 |
| Feta cheese | 264 |
| Fontina cheese | 389 |
| Goat cheese | 364 |
| Gouda cheese | 356 |
| Gruyere cheese | 413 |
| Mozzarella cheese | 280 |
| Parmesan cheese | 431 |
| Pimento cheese | 375 |
| Provolone cheese | 352 |
| Queso blanco cheese | 310 |
| Ricotta cheese | 174 |
| Roquefort cheese | 369 |
| Swiss cheese | 380 |
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