A cheese lover's dream: Burrata

Jul 30, 2018 971

BY: VARINIA CAPPELLETTI

Burrata was born in Apulia, more precisely in Andria, almost by chance: and thanks for that! We were in the mid-1950s whenbecause of a heavy snowfall, Lorenzo Bianchino couldnt go and sell hismilk so, in an attempt not to waste it, he decided to use it to make something new, using the same methodstraditionally employed to produce manteca, that delicious scamorza filled with creamy butter. 

Burrata, which is still made by handconsists in a casing of kneaded curd cheese and a filling of creammixed with little pieces of mozzarella called straccettiThis soft delicacysweet yet lightly tangy at the same time, must be consumed fresh. In Latium, burrata di latte di bufala is producedbut in limited quantities; Campania is known for burrini, small pockets of kneaded curd cheese filled with fresh butter.   

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SOURCE: https://www.italoamericano.org

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