The Tome fraîche or Tomme fraîche is a hard pressed curd, slightly fermented and unsalted based on cow's milk, traditionally produced in the region of Aubrac and Cantal in Haute-Auvergne (Massif central).

Tome fraîche
Country of originFrance
Source of milkCows
Pasteurisedno
TextureHard
Named afterAubrac

History

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Tome comes from the occitan word toma designating a fresh cheese.[1] The French orthography used at the end of the 19th century to designate the fresh volume was tome and not tomme.[2]

In cooking

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Typically, cooked in a fondue form. Traditionally used in aligot, truffade and patranque. Its milky taste, its slight acidity and its melting properties have extended its use to the making of gratins, vegetable pies, pizzas, etc.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Signification du mot occitan toma". panoccitan.org. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ Armand Florent Pourriau, La laiterie : art de traiter le lait, de fabriquer le beurre et les principaux fromages français et étrangers. Audot Lebroc, Paris, 1895, page 738, in Lexicographie du mot tomme ou tome, Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales. Lire en ligne [1] Consulté le 20 janvier 2015

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