Mató

Mató (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈto]) is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from cows' or goats' milk, with no salt added.[1]

Mató
Country of originSpain
RegionCatalonia
Source of milkCows, goats
TextureSoft
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It is usually served with honey, as a traditional and emblematic Catalan dessert known as mel i mató.[2]

Description and origin

Mató is a whey cheese[3] similar to non-industrial variants of the fresh cheeses known as Brull in Maestrat, Ports de Beseit and the Southern Terres de l'Ebre[4] and as Brossat in Andorra, Pallars, Menorca, Mallorca and parts of Occitania,[5] as well as the brocciu in Corsica and other types of curd cheese such as Italian ricotta.

The Mató from the villages near the Montserrat mountain, such as Ullastrell and Marganell,[6] is quite famous.[7]

Mató is mentioned in the Sent Soví, a 14th-century Catalan cookbook, as well as in the El Noi de la Mare local Christmas carol.[6] It was very popular during the Middle Ages, when it was made plain or scented with orange flowers.[8]

See also

References
  1. La fabricació industrial del formatge - XTEC
  2. Catalan Cheese and Honey Dessert Recipe Archived 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Dolors Ponsati, Ramon Clotet i Ballús, Josep Mestres, La problemàtica dels formatges de xerigot a Catalunya: brossat, mató, recuit. In Quaderns agraris, 25 December 1999
  4. El Parlar Catinenc
  5. Brossat - Andorra
  6. Marganell Town Hall page Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Mató de Montserrat
  8. Vicent Canet. Mató, un producte típic català. In La Vanguardia, 16 April 2006
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