Flown fresh from Campania to us every week, this is, so far, the best mozzarella we’ve tasted. Its paste consists of thin, overlapping sheets that tend to blend in the layers below the uppermost. The cheese has a porcelain white color, while the surface is smooth and bright and there is virtually no crust. The paste has a slightly elastic consistency in the first 10 hours after it has been packaged, then becomes more yielding. It tastes gentle, milky, grassy and delicate with rich creaminess in the moister centre. Texturally it is very soft, yielding and melt in the mouth.
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