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What Is the Difference Between Mozzarella and Burrata?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 355" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/206758/what-is-the-difference-between-mozzarella-and-burrata" target="_blank"><strong>What Is the Difference Between Mozzarella and Burrata? - Chowhound</strong></a></p><p></p><p>hen it comes to <a href="https://www.chowhound.com/tag/summer" target="_blank">summer</a> cheeses, mozzarella and burrata rank among the best. Both are semi-soft, white, and <a href="https://www.chowhound.com/tag/italian" target="_blank">Italian</a> in origin, but in addition to being incredibly delicious, they’re also really, really easy to mistake for one another. If you’re constantly confusing the two, it’s okay! We’re here to help sort through all the curds and whey—here’s what makes them unique in their own right.</p><p></p><p>Let’s start with mozzarella. Whether you’re topping a <a href="https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/187589/how-to-grill-pizza/" target="_blank">pizza</a> or making a <a href="https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/204094/11-new-ways-to-eat-caprese-salad/" target="_blank">Caprese salad</a>, this cheese always comes in handy. Unlike a lot of varieties of cheese, mozzarella is not aged and is best eaten right after being made. When made fresh, it has the most amazing texture. At it’s best, it’s moist and elastic, but not rubbery and has just enough stretch to pull apart with your fingers. Mozzarella is commonly made with cow’s milk, but it can also be made from water buffalo’s milk, which is a rarer and more expensive variety.</p><p></p><p>As for burrata, well this cheese takes mozzarella to the next level. While partially made from mozzarella cheese, burrata is so much more than that, which makes it the most deceptive of the cheeses. It consists of an outer shell of mozzarella, but like the old saying goes, it’s not what’s on the outside that counts. It’s all about the inside, which is hollowed out and filled with soft curds and cream. Burrata literally translates to “buttered” which should give you a sense of its rich, decadent flavor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 355, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/206758/what-is-the-difference-between-mozzarella-and-burrata'][B]What Is the Difference Between Mozzarella and Burrata? - Chowhound[/B][/URL] hen it comes to [URL='https://www.chowhound.com/tag/summer']summer[/URL] cheeses, mozzarella and burrata rank among the best. Both are semi-soft, white, and [URL='https://www.chowhound.com/tag/italian']Italian[/URL] in origin, but in addition to being incredibly delicious, they’re also really, really easy to mistake for one another. If you’re constantly confusing the two, it’s okay! We’re here to help sort through all the curds and whey—here’s what makes them unique in their own right. Let’s start with mozzarella. Whether you’re topping a [URL='https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/187589/how-to-grill-pizza/']pizza[/URL] or making a [URL='https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/204094/11-new-ways-to-eat-caprese-salad/']Caprese salad[/URL], this cheese always comes in handy. Unlike a lot of varieties of cheese, mozzarella is not aged and is best eaten right after being made. When made fresh, it has the most amazing texture. At it’s best, it’s moist and elastic, but not rubbery and has just enough stretch to pull apart with your fingers. Mozzarella is commonly made with cow’s milk, but it can also be made from water buffalo’s milk, which is a rarer and more expensive variety. As for burrata, well this cheese takes mozzarella to the next level. While partially made from mozzarella cheese, burrata is so much more than that, which makes it the most deceptive of the cheeses. It consists of an outer shell of mozzarella, but like the old saying goes, it’s not what’s on the outside that counts. It’s all about the inside, which is hollowed out and filled with soft curds and cream. Burrata literally translates to “buttered” which should give you a sense of its rich, decadent flavor. [/QUOTE]
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