Grated Mozzarella...

SidewinderINC · 27-09-2011, 17:57

Hi All,

I've recently started making my own pizzas and many variants on the pizza theme and one thing that frequently bugs me is grated mozzarella.

I hate having to buy the pre-grated bags as they're a massive rip off, I mean how hard can cheese be to grate yourself?!
However the only other mozzarella I can seem to find is the incredibly soft stuff in the watery bags, very useful on pizzas no doubt, but not grateable.

Where can I buy mozzarella that I can grate myself, preferably cheaper than £2 for 250g.

Can anyone help me on my quest for this elusive block of cheese?!

divine · 27-09-2011, 17:59

TBH I just buy the Sainsbury's value grated mozzarella - it tastes absolutely no different to the expensive bags they do (that are also impossible to close) and last time I checked was cheaper than buying the other kind of mozzarella anyway.

Never seen 'grateable' blocks of it in a supermarket.

LeperousDust · 27-09-2011, 18:21

AFAIK the cheese is soft and rubbery (horrible word but describes it fairly well). It doesn't lend itself to grating like hard cheese I thought, you use a cheese wire and make cubes or mechanically cut it (like the supermarkets but) into grated sections, but i think the difference is they're almost cut not grated as it just makes a mess.

Saying that i could be very wrong, but the blocks of mozza i've handled in work didn't "feel" very grate-able and we use cheese wires to make mozza blocks.

leowyatt · 27-09-2011, 18:35

if you were using fresh moz I'd just rip it and put it on the top

Mark · 27-09-2011, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

AFAIK the cheese is soft and rubbery (horrible word but describes it fairly well). It doesn't lend itself to grating like hard cheese I thought, you use a cheese wire and make cubes or mechanically cut it (like the supermarkets but) into grated sections, but i think the difference is they're almost cut not grated as it just makes a mess.

This is what I've heard. Mozzarella of the supermarket variety doesn't lend itself to grating so the supermarket stuff is actually shavings. I use the Asda version when I can get it, but any version that isn't in a bag will do for me.

SidewinderINC · 27-09-2011, 23:40

Thanks for that, Mark. If i didn't know that the fresh stuff didn't grate well I wouldn't have put it in my first post!!

The bagged mozzarella is well and truly processed, and must be in block form somewhere to buy, this was a request for anyone knowing where you could buy some.

Using fresh stuff to cover the entire base of a pizza is not a viable option, its not the right kind of cheese.

Mark · 27-09-2011, 23:48

Humble apologies. I read it that you wanted to grate it, not the other way around. Side-effect of having a sight problem, or a concentration problem, or both.

volospian · 28-09-2011, 13:06

To grate it I think you need to find "block" Mozzarella. Not sure where you can get it from. Have you thought of buying the "normal" mozzarella from the supermarket, draining the brine and freezing it? That may make it gratable?

Tak · 28-09-2011, 13:19

http://www.jjfoodservice.com/product...a-1x1kg/PIZ149

SidewinderINC · 28-09-2011, 18:20

Sorry Mark, I didn't mean to snap - I was just already aware that fresh mozzarella doesn't lend itself to being grated, hence putting it in my first post.
Unfortunately store stuff being "shavings" is still different to fresh mozzarella.

volospian, That would make it grateable and grated... however it wouldn't make it "grated mozzarella", as soon as it gets warmer and softens up it'll just be like regular mozzarella again which unfortunately isn't what I'm after.

It's low-moisture mozzarella that I'm after, which can be bought in blocks and looks remarkably like regular cheddar cheese. But it doesn't appear that anywhere in the UK sells it / nobody on here has used it

Unfortunately, Tak, that's just regular soft mozzarella in a block shape

Nice try though

27-09-2011, 17:57	#1
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Grated Mozzarella... Hi All, I've recently started making my own pizzas and many variants on the pizza theme and one thing that frequently bugs me is grated mozzarella. I hate having to buy the pre-grated bags as they're a massive rip off, I mean how hard can cheese be to grate yourself?! However the only other mozzarella I can seem to find is the incredibly soft stuff in the watery bags, very useful on pizzas no doubt, but not grateable. Where can I buy mozzarella that I can grate myself, preferably cheaper than £2 for 250g. Can anyone help me on my quest for this elusive block of cheese?! __________________ No Sig.

27-09-2011, 17:59	#2
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	TBH I just buy the Sainsbury's value grated mozzarella - it tastes absolutely no different to the expensive bags they do (that are also impossible to close) and last time I checked was cheaper than buying the other kind of mozzarella anyway. Never seen 'grateable' blocks of it in a supermarket. __________________

27-09-2011, 18:21	#3
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	AFAIK the cheese is soft and rubbery (horrible word but describes it fairly well). It doesn't lend itself to grating like hard cheese I thought, you use a cheese wire and make cubes or mechanically cut it (like the supermarkets but) into grated sections, but i think the difference is they're almost cut not grated as it just makes a mess. Saying that i could be very wrong, but the blocks of mozza i've handled in work didn't "feel" very grate-able and we use cheese wires to make mozza blocks. __________________

27-09-2011, 18:35	#4
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	if you were using fresh moz I'd just rip it and put it on the top __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

27-09-2011, 23:40	#6
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Thanks for that, Mark. If i didn't know that the fresh stuff didn't grate well I wouldn't have put it in my first post!! The bagged mozzarella is well and truly processed, and must be in block form somewhere to buy, this was a request for anyone knowing where you could buy some. Using fresh stuff to cover the entire base of a pizza is not a viable option, its not the right kind of cheese. __________________ No Sig.

27-09-2011, 23:48	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Humble apologies. I read it that you wanted to grate it, not the other way around. Side-effect of having a sight problem, or a concentration problem, or both.

28-09-2011, 13:06	#8
volospian Vodka Martini Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	To grate it I think you need to find "block" Mozzarella. Not sure where you can get it from. Have you thought of buying the "normal" mozzarella from the supermarket, draining the brine and freezing it? That may make it gratable?

28-09-2011, 13:19	#9
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	http://www.jjfoodservice.com/product...a-1x1kg/PIZ149 __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

28-09-2011, 18:20	#10
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Sorry Mark, I didn't mean to snap - I was just already aware that fresh mozzarella doesn't lend itself to being grated, hence putting it in my first post. Unfortunately store stuff being "shavings" is still different to fresh mozzarella. volospian, That would make it grateable and grated... however it wouldn't make it "grated mozzarella", as soon as it gets warmer and softens up it'll just be like regular mozzarella again which unfortunately isn't what I'm after. It's low-moisture mozzarella that I'm after, which can be bought in blocks and looks remarkably like regular cheddar cheese. But it doesn't appear that anywhere in the UK sells it / nobody on here has used it Unfortunately, Tak, that's just regular soft mozzarella in a block shape Nice try though __________________ No Sig.