Mozzarella Cheese from Wisconsin

After World War II, American soldiers returned home with a taste for a delicious new food that they discovered in Italy — pizza! — which featured a cheese they’d never tried before: mozzarella. Today, mozzarella is America’s most popular cheese, and Wisconsin makes more of it than anywhere else. Our cheesemakers produce nearly 1 billion pounds of this mild and melty, irresistible cheese each year. Creamy white, pliable and delicious, we’re proud to produce America’s number one cheese for America’s favorite food (pizza). Grazie, Italy!

Appearance

Creamy white, smooth and delicate.

Texture

Slightly springy and pulls apart in strands

Flavor

Mild, delicate milky goodness

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Made By:

Agropur, Inc.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative

Cascade Cheese Co

Cedar Grove Cheese, Inc.

Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc.

Cesar's Cheese LLC

Clearview Dairy aTwo Cheese LLC

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, L.L.C.

CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley

Foremost Farms USA Cooperative

Grande Cheese Company

Harmony Cheese

Henning Cheese, Inc.

Lynn Dairy, Inc.

MCT Dairies, Inc.

Mullins Cheese, Inc.

Nordic Creamery

Rosewood Dairy, Inc.

Saputo Cheese USA

Union Star, Corp.

Weyauwega Star Dairy, Inc.

Willow Creek Cheese

Winona Foods, Inc.

Sold By:

All Star, LTD

Biery Cheese Company

Crystal Farms - Michael Foods, Inc.

Emmi Roth USA

G&R Foods, Inc

Gibbsville Cheese Company, Inc.

Gile Cheese, LLC

Heartisan Foods

Integrity Cheese Packaging of WI

JLM Manufacturing LLC

Keystone Farms Cheese

Laack Brothers Cheese Company

Malcore Foods

Masters Gallery Foods, Inc.

McCluskey Brothers

PANOS Brands

Ron's Wisconsin Cheese

Sargento Foods, Inc.

Sartori Cheese Company

Schreiber Foods, Inc.

StoneRidge Meat & Country Market

Weyauwega Cheese

Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Inc.

Wisconsin Cheese Group, LLC

Wisconsin Dairy State Cheese Co, Inc

Wisconsin's Finest

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Performance Notes

Mozzarella slices and stores easily. If you want to grate it, make sure to chill it first because it tends to gum up your grater at room temperature.

Pairing Notes

Take your pick of light beers and medium-bodied, slightly acidic wines. We’ll usually pour chianti, zinfandel, merlot, chardonnay, pinot gris or rosé if we’re popping a cork, and pilsner or weiss beer if we have a frosty mug at hand.

Serve

There’s not a lot you can’t do with mozzarella. We like to layer it with ripe roma tomatoes and pesto between slices of focaccia and either griddle or grill it until the bread is nicely charred and the mozzarella is good and melty. We also love to grate it onto pizza, baked pasta dishes and eggplant parmesan. It’s great at room temperature too, but we like it best when it’s melty and ooey gooey.

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Mozzarella

Appearance

Texture

Flavor

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Made By:

Sold By:

Performance Notes

Pairing Notes

Serve

Chicken and Sun-Dried Tomato Grilled Pizza

The Best Picnic Box

Four-Cheese Baked Ziti

Spinach and Mushroom Alfredo Pizza

Spicy Zucchini and Sausage Pizza

Bacon Sriracha Football Cheese Ball

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