Mozzarella vs Provatura

Facts

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

Mozzarella is a stretched-curd cheese. The cow's-milk cheese is fior di latte. Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a separate cheese, made from water buffalo milk, when it carries that protected name.

Facts

Texture: Fresh
Type: Stretched curd
Rind: No rind
Country: Italy
Place: Lazio

Provatura is a fresh stretched-curd cheese from Lazio, in central Italy. The piece is small, round or egg shaped, and shops sell it while the paste is still moist. It belongs with mozzarella and provola, but it is its own cheese, not a new name for either one. The paste is white, soft, and mild, with a thin skin rather than a dry rind. Roman cooks use it fresh, melted on bread, or fried until the outside colors.