Grappa Mountain Morlacco

Herders and woodsmen who settled on the slopes of Monte Grappa in past centuries used to make a soft, low-fat, uncooked-curd cow’s milk cheese, which was named after their native region in the Balkans, Morlachia. The milk used to be completely skimmed, and the fat used to make butter for selling down in the plains. The leftover milk was turned into a humble cheese, a staple in the local diet. Morlacco is still made in mountain dairies using evening milk skimmed of the risen cream, mixed with whole milk from the morning milking.

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Season

The cheese is made from June to September, using milk from pastured animals. It can be eaten fresh, after 15 days, or aged for up to three months.

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The varied natural environments and diverse flora of the Monte Grappa pastures guarantee an extraordinary milk. Morlacco made from raw mountain milk deserves to be promoted and differentiated from the cheese made in the lowlands using pasteurized milk. The Presidium unites several producers who make Morlacco in mountain creameries called “cason”, and who are willing to extend the aging to obtain a better-quality cheese.

Production area
Mount Grappa massif, Treviso, Belluno and Vicenza Provinces

Presidium supported by
Veneto Regional Authority, A.Pro.La.V.

Associazione Produttori latte del Veneto
Villorba (Tv) - Vicolo Mazzini, 4
Tel. +39 0422 422040 - Bruno Bernardi
direzione@aprolav.it
Per acquistare il morlacco di malga stagionato contattare l’associazione.

Ivan Andreatta
Solagna (Vi)
Via Campo del Roa, 4
Tel. +39 320 9107277
Malga Gasparini (1250 metri di altitudine)

Ysabel Bordignon
Borso del Grappa (Tv)
Tel. +39 346 3798000 - 333 7718754
Malga Coi Veci (1250 metri di altitudine)

Saverio Facchin
Borso del Grappa (Tv)
Tel. +39 335 245972
Malga Meda (1500 metri di altitudine)

Famiglia Gallina
Quero (Bl)
Via Cao de Fossa, 36
Tel. +39 348 5529615 - 339 5666497
Malga Piz (1435 metri di altitudine) nel comune di Alano di Piave.

Stefania e Isidoro Andreatta
Paderno del Grappa (Tv)
Via Europa, 11
Tel. +39 349 4612625 - 340 08661769
Malga Coston da Quinto (1325 metri) nel comune di Borso del Grappa

Afra Panizzon
Crespano del Grappa (Tv)
Via Ceccato, 16
Tel. +39 340 9269685
Malga Mure (1308 metri) nel comune di Paderno del Grappa.

Coordinator
Bruno Bernardi
Tel. +39 0422 422040
Fax 0422 422050
direzione@aprolav.it

Slow Food Coordinator
Antonio Alberton
Tel. +39 337502423
alberton.antonio@gmail.com