La Burrata

Imagine my surprise when a young American fellow walked into my shop recently speaking fluent Italian. Turns out, P had just arrived in Maine from Italy with his Italian wife, a young woman from Le Marche whom he had met while studying abroad. Well, since my Italian hometown is in Abruzzo, I felt like we were practically neighbors! P was very "homesick" for Italy, especially for all the foods that he had grown to love, including something I had never heard of called "Burrata," pronounced boor-RAH-tah. I pride myself in knowing even some of the most obscure Italian food terminalogy but Burrata had me stumped. My first thought was that this was some sort of butter since "burro" means butter in Italian. P told me that I was on to something. Turns out Burrata is actually a deliciously creamy cheese and its buttery texture is what gives it its uniqueness. A specialty of Southern Italy, especially the regions of Aupulia, Campania, and Basilicata, it was invented in Andria at the beginning of the 20th century. Traditionally made from buffalo's milk, today most Burrata is made from cow's milk. Well, I called my best supplier over the weekend and I'm happy to report that we now carry Burrata. I tried some right away and wow, it's very good. I loved it drizzled with olive oil and salt with a side of crusty bread! Grazie P! Buon appetito!

Comments

[joe@italyville]

Wow... that looks delicious. I love how your blog is coming along. I also just saw some fiddlehead at the market yesterday. I had forgotten where I had seen it before:) I'll have to give it a try.

[air jordans]

if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.

[Air Jordan Retro]

Merci beaucoup pour vos aimables paroles:) je prévois de couvrir ce sujet un peu à l'avenir. Le bonheur est, après tout, ce que nous cherchons à savoir si nous cherchons à changer notre carrière ou de puiser dans les vraies passions ou de trouver notre chemin dans la vie réelle.