Bagòss
Italian cheese
Bagòss (also spelled Bagòs or Bagoss. Full name Bagòss di Bagolino) is an Italian raw-milk, hard cow's-milk cheese made only in the comune of Bagolino, in the Caffaro Valley of the Province of Brescia, Lombardy. It is aged for at least twelve months and often for two to three years, and is recognisable by its large cylindrical wheels, a straw-yellow paste tinted by saffron, and a dark ochre rind oiled during ageing with linseed oil. Locally, the cheese is also called oro di Bagolino ("the gold of Bagolino") for its colour, or grana dei poveri ("the poor man's grana") for its long ageing and use as a grating cheese. Bagòss has been a Slow Food Presidium since 1999 and is listed in the regional register of Prodotti Agroalimentari Tradizionali (PAT) of Lombardy.
Name
The name is the local Lombard demonym for inhabitants of Bagolino, bagossi. The variants Bagòs and Bagoss di Bagolino appear alongside Bagòss in the Lombardy PAT register.
History
Cheesemaking in Bagolino is documented from at least the 16th century, when the village sat on the western edge of the Republic of Venice. Local accounts link the use of saffron to the Venetian spice trade and to a tradition that the cheese was first made for the Doge, with the saffron supplying a colour fit for the recipient.
In the late 20th century the producers grouped together as the Cooperativa Valle di Bagolino to coordinate marketing and brand the wheels with a common heel mark.
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