Mozzarella cheese was originally manufactured from high fat Buffalo milk in Italy, but it is now made all over Italy, in all European countries and USA from Cow milk
- It belongs to the cheese classified as 'Pasta- filata' which involves the principle of skillfully stretching the curd in hot water to get a smooth texture and grains in cheese.
- It is a soft, white, unripened cheese which may be consumed shortly after its manufacture.
- Its melting and stretching characteristics are highly appreciated in the manufacture of PIZZA, where it is a key ingredient.
- Shelf life of this cheese is at most 2 weeks.
- This cheese gives good gritting/ shredding quality.
- Milling acidity for Mozzarella cheese is about 0.7%L.A. .
- Stretching in this cheese is because the di calcium para-caseinate breaks into mono calcium para-caseinate, and this happens because the ph is brought at about 5.6 .
- It is made either by traditional method or by Direct acid coagulation.
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