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Treccia cheese is a braided version of mozzarella or scamorza cheese.
It is pale yellow, and soft and stringy.
The cheese can weigh up to 2 ¼ pounds (1 kg) or more.
Generally, the cheese is made of cow’s milk. Treccione di Bufala indicates a big version of the cheese, and that the cheese was made from buffalo milk.
There are also smoked versions of Treccia cheese that have a mild smoky taste.
Cooking Tips
Treccia cheese is good raw or grilled.
Language Notes
“Treccia” means “braid” in Italian. “—one” at the end of a word means “big”.