Anyone who has ever been to Altai can boast of the beauty of crystal rivers, high mountains and clean air. The population is mainly engaged in animal husbandry. In the mountain forests of Altai, a large number of plants grow that are very rare in other areas: berries, mushrooms, medicinal herbs, nuts, valuable plants.
All these natural gifts are used by the population for cooking, pickling, and cheese making. There is the purest air of the mountains, cool emerald water of springs, the population uses environmentally friendly food. It is not for nothing that Altai products are famous far beyond the borders of the country, as organic food, fragrant honey, delicious cheese are produced here with great love and care.
Altai cheese makers began to produce cheese back in 1900. Currently, cheese produced in Altai has gained great popularity.
Cheese production
To grow a delicious healthy cheese that is of high quality and according to the required technology, you need to spend enough effort and time, professionals in their field work with it. layer of cheese, pressed, salted. At the very end, several layers of coating are applied to the product for two months of maturation. At the final stage, the final opening is carried out with paraffin or wax. Cheese produced in the Altai Territory will become your favorite delicacy and a worthy product on your table.
For production, there are two ways of formation – bulk and reservoir. Bulk cheeses have openwork patterns or have round eyes that appear during ripening. In the production of hard cheeses, the layered method is used.
The very first cheese makers decided to produce the Cheddar variety, since it did not require special material costs and the process itself was simple. It is no secret that the best cheeses were produced in Switzerland, where the famous Emmental cheese was made in the Alps, and Soviet cheese makers learned how to make it according to their own recipe. It was difficult to make such a product according to Swiss recipes in the foothills of Altai, so it was not possible for a long time. Altai cheeses are similar in composition, taste, recipes and method of production to other types. They are made from pasteurized milk of cows that graze on mountain pastures, the fat content reaches 50%. To get a high-quality product, you need to use only milk of excellent quality and taste.
The cheeses of the Altai Territory are famous for their unique taste and spicy aroma. It differs from Swiss cheeses in its piquant sharpness and has a unique composition.
cheese days
For more than ten years, the annual Altai Cheese Days have been held. In the summer of 2017, this annual holiday was held in the city of Barnaul. The organizers of the holiday tried to do everything to make this event memorable for visitors, a large trading platform was installed with tasting and selling products, a festive concert and competitions were organized.
The main task of the fair was to sum up, for this purpose, all cheese products are presented at it. The organizers designed the exposition “Altai – our cheese region”, where the places of producers were marked on the map.
The cheese is Cyprino
Seven factories for the production of butter and cheese have merged into one company, Kiprino, which is engaged in the production of products in many regions. The company was founded in 1997 with the acquisition of the first enterprise. The assortment of the company is diverse, from hard and semi-hard cheeses to feta cheese, processed cheese, butter. These are Russian cheese, Dutch, Kostroma, Swiss, Altai, Vityaz, Master, and many other well-known Altai hard cheeses.
This company is known not only in Russia, as it combines the experience of craftsmen, excellent equipment, modern technologies, and the unique nature of the Altai Territory.
According to our own recipes, technologies, Altai golden cheese was produced, which has a slightly sweet spicy taste, ripens for 45 days, with a bright coating. It is an exclusive product, appreciated by amateurs, and famous among gourmets.
The company’s products are not inferior in taste and nutritional qualities to many well-known world manufacturers. And the use of such a valuable product will become indispensable for proper and nutritious nutrition. You can add Altai Cyprino cheese to your food diary, because it contains 380 kcal. And what could be better for a little snack than cheese with a slice of whole grain bread or crispbread.
Vitamin A | 400 μg |
Vitamin V9 | 19 μg |
Phosphorus | 540 mg |
potassium | 100 mg |
Sodium | 860 mg |
Magnesium | 50 mg |
Zinc | 4 mg |
Copper | 70 mg |
Calcium | 1,005 g |
The manufacturers of this product do everything to ensure that the quality and taste are at the proper level, according to strict technologies and sanitary standards.
Altai Soviet Cheese is a delicious hard rennet cheese that matures for 120 days. As soon as the first production of such cheese was established, its first batches were sent to London, where it received a score of up to 95 points out of 100, and was marked as the highest and 1st grade.
Currently, such a product is produced in heads weighing up to 6 kg, Soviet cheese contains 50% fat, up to 2,5% salt, 42% moisture.
After tasting a pale yellow piece of this tasty product, you will feel a pronounced taste, with a slight sweetness, an interesting aroma, and a dense texture.
Altai cheese will help you lose weight
Having tried a lot of diets, writing and reading a lot of recipes for those who want to lose weight, you can choose the best option for weight loss. Fasting days received good reviews, which we recommend to arrange every week.
Option number 1: drink green tea or clean water throughout the day (up to 300 g – between meals). Each meal consists of 70 g of cheese with bread and dry wine. Meals – 5 times a day.
Option number 2: you need to eat apples for breakfast (2 pcs.), For lunch – cheese (a small piece), afternoon tea: an apple + a piece of cheese, eat an apple for dinner.
Option number 3: your breakfast is a cup of coffee with melted cheese, before lunch, eat an egg with a tomato and herbs. Lunch is a big apple. For an afternoon snack – low-fat cottage cheese with vegetables, for dinner – a glass of wine.
Option number 4: herbal tea with cheese (300 g).
Option number 5: 300 g of cottage cheese, a little hard cheese, a cup of herbal tea, water.
With such a diet, they usually lose about 1 kg.
For more intense weight loss, apply a diet for 3 days. With this diet, you can lose up to 2 kg of excess weight.
Diet day 1: bake 5-6 green apples, a handful of nuts, divide everything into several meals. Drink more pure drinking water, green, herbal tea.
Day 2 of the diet: 5-6 green apples, clean drinking water, herbal or green tea.
Day 3 of the diet: 5-6 pieces of apples + 100 g of hard cheese + tea (green, herbal), pure water.
If your weight does not suit you categorically, you need to quickly lose up to 6 kg, you can try the next option.
Your first meal consists of a small piece of bread and sour cream, a cup of coffee. Before dinner, you can eat an apple, drink herbal tea.
For lunch – cook pasta and rub 150 g of hard cheese + tea with honey. Your afternoon snack will consist of bran bread, you can add a piece of watermelon or melon. Dinner consists of a vegetable salad dressed with yogurt + a slice of bread and cheese. Before going to bed kefir or yogurt. Don’t forget to drink more water and green tea.
You can try option #2.
With such a diet, weight can be reduced by five kg. The first meal consists of two boiled eggs. For lunch, eat two cucumbers or apples, you can replace it with a cup of coffee with milk. For dinner, boil a piece of fish, dry wine + cheese. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water.
If you have great willpower and the desire to lose weight is strong enough, then the seven-day diet is especially for you! With this method of eating in a week, you can get rid of seven hated kilograms of excess weight. Write down:
- your first meal is a slice of whole grain bread with a slice of cheese, a tomato;
- your lunch menu – a bowl of vegetable soup, a slice of bread with cheese;
- for dinner – only fruits (apples, pears);
You can try one more of the food options for seven days:
- first meal – make a toast, eat a non-cool boiled egg;
- baked potatoes with cheese and lettuce;
- snack – pear;
- for dinner, boil a piece of chicken with cauliflower stew + 40 g of hard cheese.
When using recommendations, consider your age, health status. After you get rid of excess weight, do not forget to continue to adhere to a proper and healthy diet.
Include more vegetables and fruits in your daily diet. Eat them raw, boiled, baked. Add cereals, lean meat and fish, whole grain bread to your diet. Limit the consumption of fatty, salty, smoked foods, do not snack on street food.
A prerequisite is the restriction of food before bedtime, drink a glass of low-fat kefir or a cup of green tea. Don’t forget about physical activity. Keep your body in good shape, then your efforts will not go unnoticed.
You will be surprised how easily and freely you will move on in life, not only your friends will envy you, everyone will turn around after you, looking with envy at a beautiful, slender, well-groomed young body.
Work on yourself, only daily constant work on yourself, your laziness, habits will help you achieve your goal. Otherwise, no cheese and other diets will help you.