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Scamorza (Italian: [skaˈmɔrtsa]) is a southern Italian cow's milk cheese.It can also be made from other milk, but that is less common. It is a pasta filata (‘stretched curd’) cheese, in which the fresh curd matures in its own whey for several hours to allow the acidity to develop through the conversion of lactose to lactic acid.
Photos: BelGioioso, Organic Valley, Good Planet. Design: Eat This, Not That!Nothing lights up a cheese lover's eyes quite like the sight of delightfully soft, stringy mozzarella. This star of the ...
Bocconcini is a small mozzarella cheese the size of an egg.. 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 fibrous structures.
American string cheese. In the United States, string cheese generally refers to snack-sized servings of low-moisture mozzarella. This form of string cheese is roughly cylindrical, about 6 inches (15 cm) long and less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. The cheese used is commonly a form of mozzarella, or a combination of mozzarella and cheddar.
Dr. Chen says mozzarella's lower sodium and saturated fat make it a better choice than other cheeses. Additionally, mozzarella adds to your daily protein intake. Protein is a building block for ...
Compared to standard Mozzarella, low-moisture Mozzarella has a firmer texture, is easier to grate, has better browning and melting characteristics, and is less perishable. [16] Globally, Mozzarella is the most popular pizza cheese. [17] However, it has been estimated that in the United States only 30% of all pizza cheese used is actual ...
Mozzarella – a type of pasta filata. Pasta filata (lit. ' 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. [1]
Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, widely used in the food service industry, has a low galactose content, per some consumers' preference for cheese on pizza to have low or moderate browning. [ 29 ] [ nb 1 ] Some pizza cheeses derived from skim mozzarella variants were designed not to require aging or the use of starter. [ 30 ]