Pizza Cheese

MOZZARELLA: Fresh mozzarella is wonderful for flavor and melts easily. This cheese used to come only from Italy, where it was made with the milk of the water buffalo; now it is being made there and in the United States from cow’s milk as well. Store fresh mozzarella covered in its own liquid in the refrigerator. Mozzarella and other soft cheeses melt so quickly that it’s best to add them to pizza for just the last five minutes of cooking. Smoked mozzarella is wonderful with vegetable pizzas, and the saltier, firmer mozzarella available in supermarkets coast to coast is good on all kinds of pizza.