Mozzarella vs Provolone
Mozzarella
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Southern Italy
Mozzarella is a stretched-curd cheese. On this page it is the cow's-milk cheese, fior di latte. Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a separate cheese, made from water buffalo milk, when it carries that protected name.
Provolone
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Southern Italy
Provolone is a stretched-curd cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy that is hung and aged. Dolce is young and mild. Piccante is older and sharper.