Pultost
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Pultost is a soft, mature Norwegian sour milk cheese
flavored with caraway
seeds. Pultost is found in two forms, spreadable and porous. The spreadable kind has a stronger taste. The name comes from the Latin word pulta which means "porridge."
Like Gamalost
pultost has a long history in Norway. It was originally made from by-products from the production of other Norwegian food called prim. The ingredients are fermented milk, salt and caraway. The cheese is very low on fat.
The Norwegian dairy Tine
produces pultost from the dairy in Nybergsund
in Trysil
. Tine make three qualities: a spreadable, soft type, called Løiten, a looser type with a dry and grainy texture, called Hedmark and a porous type called Lillehammer.
Synnøve Finden
is another manufacturer of pultost in Norway. The cheese mass is produced by Tine and further processing is performed by Synnøve Finden. Synnøve Finden is promoting two types pultost: Seterost and Hedmark.
Pultost is either used on bread or with boiled potatoes, butter, sour cream and flatbread.
Sour milk cheese
Sour milk cheese is a cheese that has been curdled by natural souring or by the addition of lactic acid bacteria, such as Cottage cheese. Sour milk cheese does not use rennet for coagulation....
flavored with caraway
Caraway
Caraway also known as meridian fennel, or Persian cumin is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe and Northern Africa....
seeds. Pultost is found in two forms, spreadable and porous. The spreadable kind has a stronger taste. The name comes from the Latin word pulta which means "porridge."
Like Gamalost
Gamalost
Gamalost , which translates as "old cheese", is a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese, which was once a staple of the Norwegian diet...
pultost has a long history in Norway. It was originally made from by-products from the production of other Norwegian food called prim. The ingredients are fermented milk, salt and caraway. The cheese is very low on fat.
The Norwegian dairy Tine
Tine (company)
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produces pultost from the dairy in Nybergsund
Nybergsund
Nybergsund is a village in the municipality of Trysil, Norway. Its population is 329. It is located by the Trysil River, a few kilometres south of the centre Innbygda....
in Trysil
Trysil
Trysil is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda...
. Tine make three qualities: a spreadable, soft type, called Løiten, a looser type with a dry and grainy texture, called Hedmark and a porous type called Lillehammer.
Synnøve Finden
Synnøve Finden
Synnøve Finden is a Norwegian dairy company that produces cheese, butter and juice with farms in Alvdal and Namsos. The company launched its yellow cheese on 21 September 1996 and brown cheese in 1997. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange....
is another manufacturer of pultost in Norway. The cheese mass is produced by Tine and further processing is performed by Synnøve Finden. Synnøve Finden is promoting two types pultost: Seterost and Hedmark.
Pultost is either used on bread or with boiled potatoes, butter, sour cream and flatbread.