Just like wine and cheese pairing, certain meats, jam, nuts, bread and fresh cheese complement each other very well. You may be serving your cheeses or especially fresh cheeses pairing them with bread, jam, nuts, dried fruits, honey. Sometimes smoked pork can pair well with cheese, bread and fresh basil. You can experiment and discover for your own! There aren’t actually specific rules, just guides.
1. Ricotta
Ricotta: ricotta is a soft fresh cheese. It is made from cow, sheep or goat milk from the whey draining. The whey is a famous base for gym supplements producers because it is very rich in proteins. Ricotta is white, soft and has a slightly sweet flavor that comes from the fresh milk.
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Fresh Ricotta Cheese Pairings:
- Ricotta marries beautifully with Italian desserts, cheesecakes, cookies, honey and jam but also cold cuts and fresh pasta.
- A crunchy toast full of ricotta can be your choice instead of cream cheese, you can make it up with some black pepper and some honey.
- Fruits: ricotta can be a killer dessert when ricotta cheese combines with almost in-season fruit such as strawberries, berries… So amazing!
You can see more recipe here:
- Chicken Breast Stuffed with Ricotta and Spinach
2. Mozzarella cheese
Mozzarella cheese: Mozzarella is a popular soft fresh cheese made from cow milk or buffalo milk. This light, sweet, tasting fresh cheese is moist, milky and low in fat. Because of its moisture, this cheese is best served promptly after it is made. Mozzarella cheese can come in different shapes and dimensions like bocconcini, mozzarella ball 125g, treccia (bride, up to 2Kg) and some other. The cheese is always the same, only dimensions and shape are changing.
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Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Pairings:
- In addition to tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese is also well paired with onions and mushrooms, eggplants, roasted peppers, spinach...
- Fruits: adding berries, peaches, melon cubes and pears can make your salad dish more wonderful when combined with mozzarella. Don't forget a good olive oil for your salad.
- Meats: Beef, lamb, ham are complimented when serving with mozzarella cheese.
Find more recipes here:
- Spaghetti with Fresh Mozzarella and Colorful Cherry Tomatoes
- Fried Mozzarella with Tomato Sauce
- Bocconcini And Tomato Skewers
3. Burrata Cheese:
Burrata: burrata is made of fresh mozzarella and cream. It is a very special type of fresh cheese. Burrata’s outer shell is a mozzarella bag while the inside is filled with cream and mozzarella shreds. When you cut the shell at the base of the knot (correct way to open a burrata), the cream oozes out, giving the dishes an attractive flavor and mixes with the ingredients, creating a great combination of flavors and feelings.
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Fresh Burrata Cheese Pairings:
- Burrata is usually used with crustaceans, tuna, rocket salad, sun-dried tomatoes, chicken breast, avocados, mushrooms and truffle honey or truffle tapenade, a tasty mix of porcini mushrooms and black truffles.
- Because of the fat, burrata can combine well with tomato, mushroom, fresh vegetables such as eggplant, peppers, zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes and beans...
- Cookie and bread: burrata is often served simply with good bread or spreads the soft burrata cheese on crackers.
- Fruits: The creamy, mild flavor of burrata also pairs well with summer fruit like fresh berries, melon, and stone fruits.
You can see more recipe here:
- Roasted Beets With Burrata And Orange Vinaigrette
- Spaghetti Mushrooms & Shrimps With Fresh Burrata
- Beef Steak with Fresh Peaches and Burrata
4. Smoked Scamorza:
Smoked Scamorza: smoked scamorza is a pulled curd cheese, traditionally made from 100% fresh cow milk. The outer of smoked scamorza is slightly yellow while the inside is straw yellow, very light, according to its aging phase. It lovely melts when heated, creating long strings of cheese that increase the fun in eating it. People usually enhance its flavor by pan-frying its crust. The crust is fully edible due to the natural aging process.
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Smoked Scamorza Cheese Pairings:
- Prosciutto: Italian smoked scamorza is wrapped with prosciutto and pan seared will be the best dish for your party. Smoked scamorza melts far better when baked.
- Sun dried tomatoes, chopped peppers can combine with smoked scamorza to create a perfect herbs bread. The easiest recipe that you have to try at least once.
You can see more recipe here:
- Scamorza With Tomato Sauce And Garlic
- Baked Scamorza Cheese And Ham
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