{{Short description|Small-rimmed cheese}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2023}} {{Italics title}} {{Infobox food | name = ''Reblec'' | image = Reblec.jpg | alternate_name = ''Réblèque'' | country = Italy | region = Aosta Valley | variations = }}
'''''Reblec''''' or '''''réblèque'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le réblèque|url=https://www.lovevda.it/fr/gastronomie/produits/fromages/rebleque|website=lovevda.it |language=fr}}</ref> is a fresh, small-rimmed cheese made from spontaneously surfaced cream, to which whole raw milk is added.<ref name="love_Rebl">{{Cite web |title=Reblec |url=https://www.lovevda.it/en/food-and-wine/products/cheese/reblec |website=lovevda.it |language=en}}</ref>
If cream is also added during production, it takes the name ''reblec de crama'',<ref name="turi_Rebl2">{{cite web|access-date=28 February 2018|language=it|quote=Talvolta, insieme al latte viene fatta scaldare anche della panna per ottenere una variante a doppia crema che prende il nome di Reblec de Crama.|title=Reblec: il dolce formaggio valdostano che sa di montagna|url=https://www.turismo.it/gusto/articolo/art/reblec-il-dolce-formaggio-valdostano-che-sa-di-montagna-id-12504/|website=turismo.it}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> which means 'cream ''reblec''<nowiki/>' in Valdôtain dialect.
==Etymology== The name comes from the Valdôtain dialect term ''reblètsé'', meaning to empty the cows' teats after milking, reiterative of the verb ''blètsé'', meaning 'to milk'.<ref name="pato_Atla">{{Cite web |title=Traire|url=https://www.patoisvda.org/moteur-de-recherche/traire_2273_2/?sq=1&q=traire&p=1&a=0&lr=0&ct=0&c=0&am=0 |website=patoisvda.org |language=fr}}</ref>
''Reblec'' follows the same etymology as Reblochon.
==Production and consumption== ''Reblec'' is mainly produced in the Aosta Valley and it can be consumed as early as 12 hours after it is made.
It is also served as a dessert, topped with sugar, cinnamon or with a dusting of cocoa powder.
==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Food}} * List of Italian cheeses
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Italian cheeses Category:Cuisine of Aosta Valley Category:Arpitan cheeses
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