Fior di latte
Fior di latte is a fresh cow’s-milk pasta-filata cheese, a milk-specific identity worth checking on the label.
- Milk
- Cow’s milk
- Cheese family
- Fresh pasta filata
At the table
Start with a simple tomato-and-cheese plate to keep the cheese in the foreground. For cooked dishes, follow the recipe’s preparation instructions: fresh mozzarellas need not behave identically.
Cook with it
Check the milk, then the product
Campolongo makes its fresh pasta-filata fior di latte with cow’s milk. The local milk origin and pasteurization apply to that producer’s cheese. Check the milk and ingredient information when choosing between fior di latte and a buffalo-milk cheese.
