Smoked stretched curd · Lombardy
Smoked Scamorza
By Quattro Portoni · Lombardy, Italy
A lightly dried stretched-curd cheese, shaped into a tied pear and wood-smoked (affumicata). Firmer and less moist than mozzarella, with excellent bite when cooked. Here the organic buffalo milk version.
SmokedDistinctive feature
Stretched curdPaste
Organic buffalo milkMilk
CookingUse
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ITasting notes
Profile
Intensity
MildIntense
Smokiness
LightPronounced
Saltiness
Lightly saltedSalty
Elasticity
TenderElastic
Tasting
Appearance
Amber-gold rind (from smoking), pale elastic paste, pear shape.
Aroma
Smoked wood, milky.
On the palate
Mild then smoky, elastic, doesn't run.
Aromas
Smoke (wood)MilkyHazelnutCaramel
Pairings
PizzaHot paniniGratinsPan-fried dishes
IIIThe producer
Quattro Portoni (Cologno al Serio, Bergamo), organic buffalo milk. Organic certification to be confirmed.
IVAvailable formats
Formats of this product for foodservice. Prices and availability on request.
VSpecifications
- Origin
- Lombardy, Italy
- Format
- Pear ~300 g
- Packaging
- Case of 5
- Storage
- Refrigerated (2–4 °C)
- Reference
- FRO-027
Information
- Milk
- Buffalo milk, organic
- Paste type
- Stretched curd (pasta filata), lightly dried
- Ageing
- Short; smoked
- Raw / pasteurised milk
- Pasteurised
- Appellation
- Not protected
The cheese