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Mozzarella di bufala
The history of Mozzarella
is linked to that of the water buffalo. Nobody really knows exactly when the
first water buffaloes came to Italy, but one account claims that it was in the
year 596 AD when they were brought across the Mediterranean.
This oft-copied but
never duplicated gem is a fresh, drawn-curd cheese made from whole buffalo's
milk. Most people don't know what water buffalo milk tastes like, but upon one's
first bite it is unmistakable that this legendary cheese is made from an
unfamiliar milk. It is porcelain-white in color, spherical in shape with a very
thin glossy edible rind. Mozzarella di Bufala has a springy texture and a
pleasantly sourish taste with a faint mossy smell, reminiscent of the humid
grazing fields of Southern Italy. If you've never had the real Mozzarella
before, it's definitely time you tasted this sublime delicacy.
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