Stracciatella di bufala () is a cheese produced from
Italian buffalo milk in the province of
Foggia, located in the southern Italian region of
Apulia, using a stretching (
pasta filata
(Italian: "spun paste") is a technique in the manufacture of a family of Italian cheeses also known in English as stretched-curd, pulled-curd, and plastic-curd cheeses. Stretched curd cheeses manufactured from the pasta filata technique undergo ...
) and a shredding technique.
Description
Stracciatella cheese is composed of small shreds—hence its name, which in Italian
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is a diminutive of ''straccia'' ("rag" or "shred") meaning "a little shred".
It is a stretched curd fresh cheese, white in colour, and made the whole year round,[I cento di Milano e Lombardia 2013. I 50 migliori ristoranti Stefano Cavallito, Stefano Cavallito, Alessandro Lamacchia e Luca Iaccarino, Alessandro Lamacchia - 2012 p17 "Così la melanzana caramellata, Grana Padano riserva D'O caldo e freddo è un antipasto, eppure ricorda una tarte Tatin, pomodoro, basilico e spaghetti fritti e un dessert, mentre stracciatella di bufala, ananas ghiacciato.."] but is thought to be at its best during the spring and summer months.Lazio
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When mixed with thick cream
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, stracciatella is also used to make burrata (Italian for "buttered"): this is a rich, buttery textured cheese which comes enclosed in a bag of mozzarella
Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method.
Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...
and is thought to have been originally created in the early 20th century in Andria on the Murgia plateau. It is also now made outside Italy, especially in the United States
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and Argentina
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.
See also
* Burrata
* List of stretch-curd cheeses
This is a list of stretch-curd cheeses, comprising cheeses prepared using the ''pasta filata'' technique. The cheeses manufactured from this technique undergo a plasticising and kneading treatment of the fresh curd in hot water, which gives them ...
* List of water buffalo cheeses
* Mozzarella
Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method.
Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...
References
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Water buffalo's-milk cheeses
Cuisine of Apulia
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