Cheese Database

Burrata vs Stracciatella

Burrata, field guide plate
Burrata, photographed

Burrata

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.

Stracciatella, field guide plate
Stracciatella, photographed

Stracciatella

Facts

Texture
Fresh
Type
Stretched curd
Rind
No rind
Country
Italy
Place
Apulia

Stracciatella is a fresh cheese from Apulia, in southern Italy, and the name means little shreds. Makers pull stretched curd into fine ragged pieces and mix those pieces with cream. The result is white, soft, and spoonable, with no rind and no aging. It is the loose filling that sits inside a burrata, and it is also sold on its own in a tub. Either way, it is meant to be eaten while it is still fresh and mild.