Stracciatella
My husband and I first experienced heavenly stracciatella at the restaurant Manzo, which is located in Eataly, New York City. It was served to us for lunch simply drizzled with olive oil, alongside grilled bread. We also ordered prosciutto for our antipasti.
Stracciatella, we learned, is the inside of buratta. It’s the creamy goodness that spills out when you cut into the ball of buratta. If you love buratta, and haven’t yet experienced stracciatella, just wait. You will think you’ve gone to heaven.
After the wonderful lunch at Manzo, I found stracciatella in Eataly, but didn’t buy it because we were a few days from flying home.
When I got home and searched for stracciatella, I had some trouble. Turns out, according to Wikipedia, “Stracciatella is a term used for three different types of Italian food.”
1.Stracciatella (soup), an egg drop soup popular in central Italy
2.Stracciatella (ice cream), a gelato variety with chocolate flakes, inspired by the soup
3.Stracciatella di bufala, a variety of soft Italian buffalo cheese from the Apulia region
I ordered stracciatella from Murray’s cheese recently, since I can’t get it locally, and I’m so glad I did. But how did I want to serve it?
I thought of the typical ways buratta is served, like with salads, on pasta, or over grilled vegetables. But I wanted to experience it again just like we had a few years before, simply with grilled bread.
What I purchased for the cheese is a Tuscan loaf. White and plain, and perfect for grilling.
Stracciatella is so soft it’s pourable.
I grilled bread and got together a few goodies to highlight the stracciatella.
And I drizzled the stracciatella with good olive oil, just like at Manzo, except that my left handed pour job sucked.
I included dried apricots, walnuts, and Prosciutto on the antipasti platter along with the grilled bread.
There is an experiration date on stracciatella so pay attention to that when you purchase it.
It was as good as I remembered it. Even my husband joined in on the fun!
The cheese is a little messy because it’s so soft. We didn’t care! I’m just so glad I know where I can find this delicacy!
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Have you ever had this stuff?!! It’s incredible.
OMG, I need to do an internet search. When we were on our honeymoon in Italy they had a mozzarella bar in Rome. We went twice. The burrata was out of this world. So now I want to make some ciabatta and get this immediately!
You will think you’re in heaven. Burrata is fabulous, too, but this stuff is out of this world.
I bet, it certainly looks it.
We’ve already ordered it twice this month 😬
Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. LOL
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Love your blog and loved learning about this creamy cheese! Thanks for visiting my site.
You are so welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, my! Sounds wonderful and it’s a beautiful presentation.
Thank you so much! I hope you get to try it, if you haven’t.
My mouth is watering!
Mine still is!
Love the white fresh cheese, stracciatella, and the soup version too.
I’ll have to try that some time!
Thanks for highlighting Stracciatella. I’ve heard the term but had only a vague idea about it.That is a fabulous way to serve it!
I truly think it’s the only way to serve it, because of all the cream. It’s not firm like buratta, as you can tell. Incredible flavor!
The only way I’ve ever eaten stracciatella is exactly as you describe here (and only in restaurants in Italy). How luxurious to enjoy it at home! I’m going to ask my burrata maker if they carry it. I bet they do and I never knew… GREG
I bet they do! And I was surprised that it wasn’t even expensive.It ain’t cheddar, but still not crazy expensive. Ah, I’d buy it anyway! But what I got was about $1. Per ounce. So worth it! So lucky you already knew about this heavenly cheese!
I’ve never heard of this. There’s an Eataly here in Chicago. I will have to see if I can hunt it down there.
Isn’t Di Bruno Bros in Chicago? If not, Eataly will surely have it. You will love it!
I love Eataly and wish we had one in Northern California. Your platter of stracciatella and accompaniments is heavenly.
Thank you so much! I love Eataly also. Wasn’t sure I would!!!
Isn’t that funny – I hadn’t heard of that or the soup. I hope you can find it. It’s crazy good!
I wasn’t sure I like Eataly when I first read about it, but it is so much fun, and one of the restaurants we’ve eaten at twice. The one on the roof – they change the theme every season.
This sounds delicious, I have to see if I can find Stracciatella . I I have never heard of this cheese before .
Well I hadn’t either! I’m so glad I asked what it was when I saw it on the Eataly menu!
Right, I had to google “buratta”. Now I see what it is I understand why it would be so delicious! And just served simply with some grilled bread it would be lovely. In fact for me I would serve it with some toasted ciabatta drizzled in olive oil and rubbed with some garlic. Yum!
Garlic would be fabulous. Yes, it’s incredible. Hurry and find some! Just eat it with your wife because it dribbles all over!!!
I have never made homemade stracciatella. Delicious! Gtreat on toast and in pastas too.
It is an incredible cheese. I hope you can find some!
I love how the Italians use one word for 3 things – like they want to confuse tourists :)
Hahahahahahaha! Well it works!
Mimi, thank you for introducing me to stracciatella! It sounds heavenly! Some stracciatella and an good loaf of bread is all I need for the perfect dinner!
Exactly. Besides, you won’t have room to eat anything else…
When I first saw the title of this post, I was expecting the gelato. I had totally forgotten about the other use of Stracciatella. So stracciatella can actually be made at home without that much work. I’ve done it at a cooking class before, and it worked well. (I put it inside mozzarella to make burrata.) I said I was going to try making it at home during the last holiday season, but I never got around to it. Maybe this year! This post is inspiring me as your photos look amazing, Mimi!
Oh goodness, I didn’t think about making it myself. I only made cheese using kits, besides. I’m glad you’ve had it, though. It’s such an experience. A little messy but oh so good!
Oh my, this looks amazing! I love burrata but never knew you could just buy the insides. I only knew stracciatella as ice cream! Going to have to look for this, though!
Isn’t that funny! and I don’t think I’d heard of any of them! Hope you can locate this. It’s incredible.
I love burrata on toasted baguette slices so I know I’d absolutely love this! What a lovely display of deliciousness!
Thank you! I know you would absolutely love this if you already love buratta! It’s exquisite.
Until today, I only knew about the soup and the gelato. Next time I’m in New York City, I can assure you I will get some at Eataly!
Good! I never knew about stracciatella at all, so I still have to find the soup and the gelato!
I had no idea there was actually a name for the inside of burrata! Where have I been!? I had only heard of stracciatella as an ice cream flavor, and even then I wasn’t sure what it was haha! Looks delicious!
Well I didn’t either! I saw it on the menu, and I can eat just about anything on grilled bread, but when we heard what is was, we were game. And so happy we had that appetizer.
You would love it, cause it’s really the inside of buratta! It’s rich and wonderful, and worth the calories!
Mine as well ♥️
Mimi, I never new this Stracciatella is the name of the inside of Buratta. That’s so interesting. Burrata is so delicious so THIS sounds like a true delicacy. I love what you served it with — especially the sweet apricots with the salty meat. Lovely. :-) ~Valentina
So glad you know about it now Valentina! Get some soon!!!
i’ve only known this term as the soup i must say. this cheesy creamy stuff looks the business. soooo delicious. cheers sherry
Isn’t that interesting?! I’ve never heard of the soup before. I guess I should make it and the ice cream to be fair!!!
I love this stuff! Although I always think “soup” when I see the name. Anyway, fun post — thanks.
I still haven’t yet looked into what the soup is, or the ice cream. I need to do that!
I’ve only had stracciatella ice cream (all our city’s Italian ice cream shops sell it), but never in savoury version. It sounds amazing!
This cheese is out of this world! I hope you can find it!
Heavenly delicious! Every time I go back home I use to eat a lot of soft cheeses that here I can’t find or are way too expensive…stracciatella, stracchino…I love them :)
Then stracciatella is also the tasty and creamy filling of burrata :)
Can’t wait to go back home :)
And that’s why it’s so heavenly!
Well this is just putting fabulous cheese on bread, but I guess you can call it a dish! I can call it a meal!