Mozzarella Cheese – No Real Italian Pizza Should Be Without It

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This Italian cheese has long been associated withoff”, and “mozza”
the pizza as a topping that is as essential aswhich means “cut” and
tomatoes. However, it was never an ingredientdescribes the method by which mozzarella is
for traditional pizza as made in the Greek colonymade. It is not actually one particular kind of
of Naples centuries ago, and it’s historycheese but applies to several kinds of Italian
is not a relatively long one. In fact it has beencheese made by spinning and cutting it. Made
mentioned by name in cookbooks from the 16thfrom either cows’ milk or buffalo milk,
century.fresh mozzarella does not keep any longer than
The name mozzarella comes from Southern Italy,24 hours.
and from the words “mozzare”