Società Agricola Prestello delle Sorelle Bettoni
Mountain farm at Prestine, Bienno, in Val Camonica, north of Lake Iseo, with Brown Alpine cows and Adamello blonde goats. It makes Silter DOP and the Slow Food fatulì.
About Fatulì della Val Saviore
A small smoked goat cheese from the Val Saviore, a side valley of the Valle Camonica in the Adamello park, which the Franciacorta consortium lists among the typical cheeses of its area. It is made from the raw milk of the Bionda dell'Adamello goat, cooked, drained in moulds 10 to 14 cm across, salted, smoked over juniper branches and berries and aged one to six months. The forms are about 4 to 6 cm high and weigh 300 to 500 g. The name means little piece in dialect. Slow Food, which runs a presidium for it, says more than half of the roughly 4,000 Bionda dell'Adamello goats registered in Italy are in the Valle Camonica, and that production runs from spring to late autumn.
Made in: Val Saviore, Valle Camonica, Brescia province
On the plate
Elastic paste from pale straw to deep yellow, compact or with small eyes. The aroma is clean and strong, with evident smoke plus herbal and dried-fruit notes and a long finish, per Slow Food.
Rind: natural crust
Wine and cheese
What to pour with Fatulì della Val Saviore
Franciacorta Rosé Franciacorta
Our pickSlow Food describes fatulì as smoky, with herbal and dried-fruit notes and a long finish. A Pinot Nero based Franciacorta Rosé brings red fruit that stands up to the smoke, and its acidity and bubbles cut the elastic goat's-milk paste.
The grapes behind these winesPinot Nero
From the source
Where to buy and taste it
Zona Alpi, La Malga in Città
Cheese shop in the historic centre of Brescia. Since 2015 Marzia and Bruno select, age and sell the mountain cheeses of the Brescia valleys, and deliver to Bassa Franciacorta.
Gastronomia Gigola
Family-run delicatessen in Brescia selling Bagòss, Nostrano Valtrompia and formaggelle di Crocedomini beside Grana Padano Riserva and French cheeses, with a wine range that includes Franciacorta.
Cheese experiences nearby
Malghe Aperte Silter DOP
Silter consortium programme on set days each summer: alpine dairies in the Val Camonica, north of Lake Iseo, show visitors the herd at pasture, the milking and the making of Silter DOP, with Silter to taste.
Laboratori del Casaro at Cà de Bì
Cheesemaker workshops on a goat farm at Ome, in the Franciacorta hills, where visitors learn to make fresh cheeses. Phone the farm ahead for dates, length and price.
Mercato Agricolo Coperto Campagna Amica, Brescia
Covered farmers' market in Brescia where producers of the province sell direct. Il Colmetto, the goat farm at Rodengo Saiano, sells its goat cheeses, yogurts and puddings at its stall here.
Merende in Fattoria at Cà de Bì
Tastings of the farm's goat cheeses and local products on a goat farm at Ome, in the Franciacorta hills. Phone the farm ahead for dates and price.
Fatulì della Val Saviore: questions
What does fatulì mean?
Slow Food says the dialect word means little piece.
How big is it?
Moulds are 10 to 14 cm across, the forms about 4 to 6 cm high, and the weight 300 to 500 g, per Slow Food.
What is it smoked with?
Traditionally burning juniper branches and berries, per Slow Food.
Same cheeseboard
More cheeses from Franciacorta
Plan the trip
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Tastings and tours where it is made, and somewhere to stay.
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Sources: www.fondazioneslowfood.com, franciacorta.wine. The drawing is made from the cheese's recorded shape, rind and paste, not a photograph.