Mozzarella vs Quesillo
Mozzarella
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.
Quesillo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Honduras
Quesillo, in Honduras, is a fresh cow's milk cheese made by stretching the curd into long strands. The paste is white, moist, and semi-soft, and it pulls apart in strings when it is warm. Flavor is mild, lightly salty, and milky, with none of the bite of an aged cheese. Cooks melt it into everyday foods, especially filled tortillas and shared hot pots. The same word names other cheeses and snacks in Latin America, so the country on the label matters.