Mozzarella

Mozzarella is an Italian cheese. The name comes form the Italian word for "chopping", which is "mozzare" During the preparation of mozzarella, the cheese is chopped into the traditional round shapes of the mozzarella as we know it. There are many types of Mozzarella, the most famouos one, or at least the ones which is meant to be the best, is "Mozzarella di buffala" from buffalo milk. The real mozzarella is actually meant to be eaten within 24 hours of its preparation and should not have chemical stuff meant to preserve it. Clearly this is not the case with the mozzarella you get at your local supermarket, ...  Read the complete review

I adore cheese, and at any one time am likely to have a selection of various cheeses lurking about in my fridge . In this review, I'm going to be focusing on Mozarelly, a semi hard cheese which is traditionally made with buffalo milk, although it also available made from cows milk, or smoked . The cheese is white in colour, and is chopped to achieve the recognisable round ball shape (in fact, part of the name , Mozzare, means to cut). You would generally purchase a good quality mozarella that is currently soaking in brine - if your cheese is not in water, don't buy it, as dried out cheese tastes awful . And you should always eat it the day you buy it (unless ...  Read the complete review

Mozzarella is a very well known Italian medium-soft cheese. Unlike most other cheeses, which are usually made from cows or goats milk, Mozzarella is made from Buffalo's milk, I know the thought of that might make some people curl up in shock! Most Mozzarella is pure white in colour, although it has been known for Mozzarella to slightly yellow in colour. This does not mean it has gone off, and is still as good to eat as it would be if it were its usual white colour. It is simply down to the Buffalo milk, which is affected with each seasons grazing. If one purchases Mozzarella fresh from a delicatessen it is best to eat it on the day of purchase. This ...  Read the complete review

Mozzarella was first made in the Naples region and in Southern Italy, and traditionally has been made from buffalo milk - although I was quite surprised to here this since Southern Italy is hardly prime buffalo territory or at least I didn't think it was. However a lot of the mozzarella you buy nowadays in the supermarket tends to be a cow's milk mozzarella - probably as it is easier to obtain cow's milk than it is buffalo milk. Mozzarella di Bufala is a slight variation being made of a mixture of buffalo and cow's milk, and there is a very similar cheese called bocconcini which is more or less identical. Unlike a lot of cheeses, which come from ...  Read the complete review

Mozzarella is another great cheese originating from Italy together with Parmigiano Reggiano (if you are interested, see my review on Parmigiano Reggiano) In Italy they have different kind of mozzarella. The best one and more expensive one is the one made of buffalo milk, "mozzarella di bufala". There are few variation of the traditional "mozzarella di latte" (milk mozzarella) with different kind of milk and different shapes (it is now more and more common to find "bocconcini di mozzarella, which is small mozzarella, more or less the size of a cherry). Less easy to find, particularly out of Italy and even in the North of the country is ...  Read the complete review