Burrata is a fresh Italian cheese made from Mozzarella and cream. Burrata starts out much like Mozzarella and many other cheeses, with rennet used to curdle the warm milk. But then, unlike other cheeses, fresh Mozzarella curds are plunged into hot whey or lightly salted water, kneaded, and pulled to develop the familiar stretchy strings (pasta filata), then shaped in whatever form is desired. When making Burrata, the still-hot cheese is formed into a pouch, which is then filled with scraps of leftover Mozzarella and topped off with fresh cream before closing. The finished burrata is traditionally wrapped in the leaves of asphodel, tied to form a little brioche-like topknot, and moistened with a little whey.

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