Burrata vs Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

Facts

Milk: Cow
Texture: Fresh
Type: Stretched curd
Rind: No rind
Country: Italy
Place: Puglia

Burrata is a pouch of stretched cow's-milk curd filled with cream and shreds of curd. It comes from Andria, in Puglia, and it is a cheese of the twentieth century.

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, field guide plate

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, photographed

Facts

Milk: Water buffalo
Texture: Fresh
Type: Stretched curd
Rind: No rind
Country: Italy
Place: Campania
Status: PDO

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a fresh stretched-curd cheese from Campania, in southern Italy. It is made from the milk of water buffalo, and that milk is part of its identity. The name is protected, so a ball sold under the full name must come from the defined area and follow the agreed method. The cheese is white, moist, and soft, with a thin skin and a milky center. It is not the same food as the cow's-milk mozzarella common in many countries.