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Pasta filata
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of stretch-curd cheeses.
Pasta filata
Pasta filata (lit. 'spun paste') is a technique in the manufacture of a family of Italian stretched-curd cheeses. Stretched curd cheeses manufactured using the pasta filata technique undergo a plasticising and kneading treatment of the fresh curd in hot water, which gives the cheese its fibrous structure.