Our farm products
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Our own farm products from the Larchergut
Zillertal mountain cheese from our own cheese dairy
At Larchergut, 22 cows are currently milked, and the milk is used to make cheese and butter in the farm's own small cheese dairy as required. The milk is processed fresh and by hand on the same day.
Cheese production
Everything easy cheesy? Hansjörg explains how it's done.
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Fresh grass for our cows
It all starts the evening before the cheese is made. Our cows are milked and the milk is poured into large bowls instead of our cooling tank. Since our cows are fed only the best hay all year round, this naturally results in the best cheese ;-)
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The bowls are then left overnight in the cheese dairy so that the cream can settle on the surface. After skimming off the cream, the milk that is still in the bowls is poured into the large copper kettle. The milk is heated to approx. 30 degrees and thickened by adding rennet.
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Now it's time to use the cheese harp. This is used to cut the thickened milk into pieces about the size of a grain of wheat. The milk is now heated back up to approx. 50 degrees Celsius, stirring constantly. The curds are removed from the whey using a cheese cloth and then pressed into the cheese mold to separate them completely from the whey. The cheese is now pressed for several hours and turned repeatedly by hand.
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The cheese is then placed in a salt bath, where both its flavor and rind develop. With lots of love and care, the mountain cheese develops its full flavor after a maturing period of around six months. It is then cut into smaller pieces and vacuum-packed to ensure it keeps for as long as possible.
Farm sales
Cheese, bacon, sausage, and butter
Of course, you are also welcome to taste the products. You can taste what goes into each cheese wheel—a love for animals and nature. Naturally, you will also want to take home a culinary souvenir from your vacation. That is why we offer cheese, sausage, bacon, and butter for sale at our farm.
