Dairy products - Himal Farm

Butter

Simply butter, as good as butter!

This natural product, entirely handmade from cream obtained by fresh cow's milk, it is a delicious choice, either that it will be used for your breakfast, to give the proper taste to your favourite dishes or as ingredient in your favourite cakes.
Can be also used to produce clarified butter or flavored butter.

Available packages: 500 / 1.000g
Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk cream Read more

Clarified butter

The process of butter's clarification, obtained by using heat, allows to removes any problem relating to the content of water and protein in the butter.
In this way we obtain a purer and highly versatile product, which is widely used in different preparations and cooking techniques around the globe.
Is also known as: Burro Chiarificato, Butterschmalz, Drawn butter, Ghee.
Texture, color and taste may slightly vary according to the season of the milk from which the butter was made and the extent of cooking.
Store in a dark place, refrigeration is unnecessary.

Available packages: 500 / 1.000 ml (plastic jar)
Ingredients: unsalted cow's butter Read more

Ricotta

It is a fresh product, white in color, with a soft, creamy texture and a sweet taste of milk.
Has important nutritional properties: high in protein and low in fat, is characterized by its high digestibility and the low calorie intake.

Culinary delight, tasty and palatable, Ricotta is a popular ingredient in many Italian recipes like Ravioli, Lasagna, Cassata, Cheesecake, just to name a few.

Store and refrigerate between 1° to 4°C, on a plate covered with plastic wrap, making sure to remove the water in excess.

Available packages: 400 / 2.000g
Ingredients: whey, salt Read more

Crescenza

The Crescenza is considered one of the oldest cheeses and is typical of the cheese-making tradition of Lombardy.
Is a cheese without crust, fresh, soft and spreadable, has a sweet, delicate milky flavor tending to slightly acidulous.
The color is white to straw yellow, with a firm texture and without holes.
Known for its versatility lends itself to a fresh consumption or as an ingredient.
At room temperature it is soft, ideal to be spread, ready to enrich the flavor to focaccias, pizzas or tarts.
Particularly light and digestible, is traditionally combined with mustard, of which it refines the taste. It goes perfectly with aromatic and young white wines or a Prosecco.

Available packages:
small (wgt approx 400g)
large (wgt approx 1000g)

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Mozzarella Fiordilatte

Fiordilatte, the real name for cow's Mozzarella in Italy, it is a semi-soft cheese, with moist texture and a taste that evokes fresh milk.
Generally white in color, may vary to slightly yellow depending on the animal's diet or the season.

Perfect to eat on its own, it is an important ingredient in many Italian recipes and irreplaceable cheese in some as: Caprese, Lasagna and Pizza.
It is traditionally served the day it is made, but can be kept in brine up to 5 days,
Store and refrigerate at +4°C.

Sold packed in brine, average net weight 350 g, each.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Nodini di Fiordilatte

Unique in appearance and taste, these are small knots (nodini) of Mozzarella. Is the ideal dish on a hot summer day: a light and healthy meal. Your palate will be captured by the notes of milk which are released to your every bite.
Generally white in color, may vary to slightly yellow depending on the animal's diet or the season.

This product is ideal for all types of antipasti (starters) and salads.
Sold packed in brine. Store and refrigerate at +4°C

Available packages: 15 pcs, wgt approx 1.000g

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Treccia di Fiordilatte

Our expert cheese maker, entwist the stretched curd of Mozzarella Fiordilatte in order to obtain the typical braid (treccia) shape from which the product gets its name.
Like the nodini, the paste of the mozzarella braid is slightly firmer with a higher level of elasticity than the mozzarella Fiordilatte.

The weight of the product can vary from 500g to 1kg or more.
Store and refrigerate at +4°C.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

The Rolls (mozzarell's roll stuffed)

These rolls, made from sheets of fresh Mozzarella, are stuffed with delicious combinations of ingredients that blend in perfect harmony with the fresh and delicate taste of the Mozzarella.
Fantastic as appetizer, served on bruschetta or with a light dusting of salt and black pepper and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. As side dish, accompanied by a mixed salad or simply between two slices of good bread... the choice is yours!

Types of filling (upon availability):
       - Rucola, Himal Grana
       - Smoked Salmon, Rucola
       - Tuna, Olives, Green Salads, Basil leaf, Black Pepper
       - Marinated Zucchini

Store and refrigerate at +4°C .
Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt, filling ingredients Read more

Fiordilatte for Pizza

This cylinder shaped Fiordilatte, it's manufactured as the fresh Fiordilate and has the same quality and characteristics.

The substantial difference is a lower moisture content that make these Mozzarella more suitable for the preparation of Pizzas, Lasagna or with any other dish that require a melted Mozzarella cheese.
This product is particularly suited for restaurants and pizzerias.

Store in a deep freezer at -18°C
Once defrosted, keep refrigerated at at +4°C, preferably use within 5 days

Sold vacuum packed and frozen, wgt approx 1.200g, each.
Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Scamorza

Scamorza is a typical Italian cheese, a semi-soft cheese that is like a firm, drier Mozzarella.
Characteristic pear shaped cheese with an edible thin crust of straw yellow color. It has a compact, slightly elastic structure and a delicate sweet taste, reminiscent of the milk.

It can be used as an appetizer, to stuff sandwiches, lasagnas, risotto or pizzas. The grilled Scamorza, topped by a slice of Italian ham or mushrooms, really deserves to be tried!

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta

Regarded as one of the cheeses of ancient tradition, is a product originating in the regions of central Italy.
It has a semi-soft texture with a creamy firm consistency, providing a flavor that ranges from mild to more intense as it ages.
Popular as a table cheese, is commonly served in the most classical way along with cold cut, bread and wine.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Black Pepper

A pleasantly flavorful cheese whose flavor is enhanced by the peppercorns, it has a creamy textured with a mild and balanced flavor ending with a hint of black pepper.

Ideal as after meal, added to a cheese plate or accompanied with cold cuts and red wine.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, black peppercorns, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Cumin

An unusual version of Caciotta a variant, created by our master cheese maker, with the addition of Cumin seeds. It is not regarded as a typical Italian product, but as a variant of it.

Has creamy texture and a mild sweet taste of milk that blends perfectly with the pungent and aromatic taste of Cumin seeds.
A perfect choice for a cheese platter, to give a different twist to a salad or melted on your favourite burger. Possibly, a cheese to be enjoyed after a spicy Indian, Thai or Nepali meal to keep the theme going.
Try it accompanied by a full body beer, a dark one!

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, cumin seeds, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Fenugreek

This cow's milk cheese made with Fenugreek seeds (Methi in Nepali), is a new version of Caciotta flavored that has been created and developed by our master cheese maker. It is not regarded as a typical Italian product, but as a variant of it.
Has creamy texture and a mild sweet taste of milk that blends perfectly with the very aromatic scent and a delicious "nutty" aftertaste of Fenugreek.
It is a perfect choice for a cheese platter, to give a different twist to a salad or melted on your favorite burger.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, fenugreek seeds, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Olives

Caciotta with Olives it is a cheese that has a creamy texture, with a mild sweet taste of milk that blends perfectly with the delicate flavor of the olives.

It is a perfect choice for a cheese platter, to give a different twist to a salad or melted on your favorite burger.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, black olives, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Rosemary

Caciotta with Rosemary it is a cheese that has a creamy texture, with a mild sweet taste of milk that blends perfectly with the aromatic flavor of rosemary.

It is a perfect choice for a cheese platter, to give a different twist to a salad or melted on your favorite burger.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, rosemary, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Rosemary & Chilli

Caciotta with Rosemary & Chilli it is a cheese that has a creamy texture, with a mild sweet taste of milk that blends perfectly with the aromatic flavor of rosemary and the intense taste of red chilli.

It is a perfect choice for a cheese platter, to give a different twist to a salad or melted on your favorite burger.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, rosemary, red chilli, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Truffle

Caciotta with Truffle, it's a delicious cheese, stuffed with Acqualagna's summer truffles (Tuber Aestivum Vitt.).
It is a cheese that has a creamy texture, the flavor is truffled, as well as the taste, which is sweet and fungal at the same time.
To be tasted by itself or to be used as ingredient. Try it served melted on meats, pizza, lasagna, added to a risotto or to a fondue.

Note: The truffles we use, grow wild in the Acqualagna's generous territory, which is one of the most famous Italian zones for the collection of truffles.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, Italian truffles, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Caciotta w/ Walnuts

The Caciotta with Walnuts is a tasty and delicate cheese.
It has a creamy texture, almost sweet in flavor with a pleasant aroma and nutty taste, that becomes more intense with the progress of aging.

Particularly suitable for flavoring fresh salads, as a filling for ravioli or melted in a risotto.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, walnuts, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Himal Grana

Himal Grana is a cooked hard cheese, produced with a 50% of skimmed milk and a 50% of whole milk
Long aged hard cheese, that is characterized by a sharp and tasty flavor. The straw-colored paste has the characteristic graininess is free of holes and, under the pressure of the blade, it breaks into flakes.
A cheese by a limitless use, can be eaten as a table cheese or used as an ingredient in many typical traditional Italian dishes, appetizers, salads, pastas and so on.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, rennet, salt Read more

Himal Grana Truffled

This unique cheese, created by our cheese maker at Himal Farm, it's a prefect blending between the sharp flavor of our Himal Grana cheese and the delicious and intense aroma of black truffles.
It is a long aged hard cheese, characterized by a sharp and tasty flavor. The straw-colored paste, with a marked presence of black truffle pieces, is free of holes and has a characteristic graininess that, under the pressure of the blade, it breaks into flakes.
Delightful along with honey, can be eaten as a table cheese or used as an ingredient in many typical traditional Italian dishes as: appetizers, salads, risotto or pastas.

Note: The truffles we use, grow wild in the Acqualagna's generous territory, which is one of the most famous Italian zones for the collection of truffles.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, Italian truffles, starter culture, rennet, salt

note: Himal Grana Truffled is subject to limited and uneven production Read more

Himal Blue

Himal Blue, is a blue cheese proudly produced by us here, in Nepal. This artisanal veined cheese, according to an old Italian tradition, is made by mixing the curd obtained from two different curdling processes. At the beginning of the aging period, that lasts a minimum of 80 days, to create air channels that will allow the mold spores to germinate, a metal rod is inserted and removed repetitively.
Himal Blue is soft and crumbly, with a sharp and highly aromatic taste. It is an incredibly versatile cheese that can be used in an endless gamma of preparations.

To fully appreciate the unique flavor of this veined cheese, our guideline is; serve at room temperature; either alone or with fruit (apple, grape, pear), spread on Italian bread or focaccia, melted on pizza, risotto or pasta, topped with walnuts or honey and so on.
Should be accompanied with a robust red wines.

Ingredients: pasteurized cow's milk, starter culture, penicillium roqueforti, rennet, salt

note: Himal Blue is subject to limited and uneven production Read more