a starter with mozzarella?

yAro spaketh thusly:

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Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

Wow. I'm not an oriental snob by any means, I hit the best local
"Chinese Buffet" every few months as my diet allows. I mention
that only because you just missed a grand blowhard fest about
"real" Chinese food, the few bragging twits just went on endlessly
about the fake stuff we non-snobs eat that is fake, pedestrian
"Chinese", but I digress...

Not trying to be a smartass, but in all of my years, I don't ever
seeing any dishes involving cheese in these buffet spreads. Do
orientals even -use- cheese of any type?

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Do orientals even -use- cheese of any type?

I would kill for some more of the cheese gyozas I ate in Japan.

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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 23:32:15 +0100, "yAro" <[email hidden]>

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Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.
yAro

Picking up on an idea from Yeff (Japan) how about breaded and fried
mozzarella- think of it as mozzarella tempura :> You could experiment
with the dipping sauce, use the same as for tempura. Or you could try
breaded and fried tofu.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Hmm...mozz cubes drizzled with sesame oil and sprinkled with sesame
seeds? The nuttiness might be good with the mozz. Never tried it, lemme
know if you do.

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Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.
yAro

Well, this is not oriental, but it is one of our very favorite starters
using mozzarella.

Chris in Pearland, TX

Caprese (Tomatoes & Mozzarella)

Ingredients :

4 medium tomatoes

4 tablespoons olive oil

8 fresh basil leaves

Mozzarella

Salt & pepper

Recipe :

Thinly slice tomatoes.

Strain mozzarella and slice.

Alternate tomatoes and mozzarella on a serving plate, then season - be
generous with the olive oil!

Add basil leaves to garnish and serve.

I-zheet M'drurz said:

Not trying to be a smartass, but in all of my years, I don't ever
seeing any dishes involving cheese in these buffet spreads. Do
orientals even -use- cheese of any type?

No. In at least one Chinese dialect, cheese is called 'corpse of milk'.
Asians tend, in general, to be much more lactose intolerant than the
average person. (Another billion of them and they will be the average
person <g>😉

yAro said:

Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because they use other type of
cheese (tofu or seitan).
If you want I can give you two very simple italian recipe:
1) The first is "Mozzarella alla Caprese" (Capri is a very small island in
the Naples Gulf. The dish is very simple: you cut in slices a big tomato;
then you cut in slices the mozzarella. Put in a dish one slice of tomato and
then lay on a slice of mozzarella (the mozzarella doesn't cover all the
slice of tomato but only for an a Half). When al the slices are arranged,
you can season with oliv oil, pepper, salt and leaves of basil.
2) Crouton with mozzarella and anchovy sauce (tipical roman dish).
You need some slices of the yesterday bread (like french bread). If it is
too old you can wet only a face of the slice in little milk.
In a little roasting pan, lenghten the slice of bread and alternate with
slices of mozzarella in kind they are slightly laid upon.
For the sauce: in a little frying pan put enough butter. Light the fire and
liquefy it togheter with little pieces of anchovy that will liquefy too.
Spread this sauce on the slices of bread and mozzarella and put in oven till
they roast.
Ciao
Pandora

Mi e' parso che Pandora abbia scritto:

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Quoted message said:

Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

Quoted message said:

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because
they use other type of cheese (tofu or seitan).
If you want I can give you two very simple italian recipe:
1) The first is "Mozzarella alla Caprese"

I heartily support this recipe, one of the freshest and simplest
good dishes in italian summertime.
Ciao, Pandora international 🙂
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Vilco
Think Pink , Drink Rose'

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Mi e' parso che Pandora abbia scritto:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because
they use other type of cheese (tofu or seitan).
If you want I can give you two very simple italian recipe:
1) The first is "Mozzarella alla Caprese"

I heartily support this recipe, one of the freshest and simplest good
dishes in italian summertime.
Ciao, Pandora international 🙂

Ma che te possino! Ops! Vilco! So are you the Italian person who write!!!!
Vilco international! How are you! Ti trovi bene qui? Io mi ci trovo
benissimo!
Translation: how do you feel in this NG? I enjoy it very much!
Ciao Vilcuccio! Mi ha fatto piacere!
Pandora
see you later alligater!

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"yAro" wrote:

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Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because they use
other type of cheese (tofu or seitan)

Tofu being considered a 'cheese'. Something is just *so* wrong
there! :-)

(Cheese *melts*. No self-respecting cheese would let tofu sit
next to it in the dairy case. Cheese doesn't need to sit in a
stinking water bath in order...)

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Pandora spaketh thusly:

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"yAro" wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because they use
other type of cheese (tofu or seitan)

Tofu being considered a 'cheese'. Something is just *so* wrong
there! :-)

(Cheese *melts*. No self-respecting cheese would let tofu sit
next to it in the dairy case.

I agree!

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Cheese doesn't need to sit in a
stinking water bath in order...)

Feta, fresh mozzarella sit in water.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Ok guys, my turn. You are so stubborn. Mozzarella, tomato and basil...
nice...

but don't you think it's a bit boring?... I thought of something more funky.

Try one of my recipes and then let me know how do you like it.

It's maybe not that simple but certainly it's worth the hassle.

Lets start with Ginger & Lemon grass Carrots:

1L cider vinegar

500g light brown sugar

500ml water

1 knob ginger \

1 chilli } roughly chopped

1 lemon grass /

bring to the boil, then simmer and reduce by half;

strain and pour over 5 large thinly sliced (use mandolin 1mm max) carrots.

Leave it for 2-3 days.

So we got the carrots. Lets work on the mozzarella now.

What we need is more or less: juice of 6 limes, juice of 1 knob of ginger
(grate it first

and then squeeze all the juice), 300ml olive oil, 1/4cup of marinated
Chinese black beans

(don't worry I hate them too but we need them just for the flavour). Now
just add 1/4 red

and 1/4 green pepper diced and mix well. Pour over whole mozzarella balls.
Leave it for

minimum 1-2 hours (but not too long as mozzarella looses its softness this
way and it's

not what we want here) turning over if necessary so whole the cheese gets a
dark skin.

Serving suggestions:

I use chicory and Thai basil basically mixed together with some of our
pickled carrots, cut

the mozzarella in 4 and garnish with our lime, black bean and pepper sauce.
You are wellcome

to try something else. Don't listen to your parents! Play with your food ;-)

Now try it and convince yourself how nice mozzarella can taste.

yAro

Just spotted one ingredient missing in the sauce. It's 70ml light soy sauce.

yAro

I-zheet M'drurz said:

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"yAro" wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Any nice recipes for a starter with mozzarella?
I know some classics but I'd love to try something
unusual maybe oriental.

I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because they use
other type of cheese (tofu or seitan)

Tofu being considered a 'cheese'. Something is just *so* wrong
there! :-)

(Cheese *melts*.

Not all cheese. Paneer or queso fresco will sit in a skillet and brown
without melting. It's wonderful fried and if you play it right, can be
used as a wrap to enclose other foods.

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No self-respecting cheese would let tofu sit
next to it in the dairy case. Cheese doesn't need to sit in a
stinking water bath in order...)

Feta. Mozzarella...

Pastorio

Curly Sue spaketh thusly:

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"I-zheet M'drurz"<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Cheese doesn't need to sit in a
stinking water bath in order...)

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Feta, fresh mozzarella sit in water.

Thanks. Even though it was just a tofu rant, all enlightment is
appreciated.

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Bob (this one) spaketh thusly:

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Pandora spaketh thusly:

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I think the orientals doesen't eat mozzarella because they use
other type of cheese (tofu or seitan)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Tofu being considered a 'cheese'. Something is just *so*
wrong there! :-)
(Cheese *melts*.

Quoted message said:

Not all cheese. Paneer or queso fresco will sit in a skillet and
brown without melting. It's wonderful fried and if you play it
right, can be used as a wrap to enclose other foods.

I'll be damned! OK, so 99.9% of everthing I've ever wrapped in
the kitchen has been in a soft tortilla. I will need to look into
this possibility.

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No self-respecting cheese would let tofu sit
next to it in the dairy case. Cheese doesn't need to sit
in a stinking water bath in order...)

Feta. Mozzarella...

So I've just heard. Never used or even seen Feta (obviously!) and
while I don't dispute you folks, my Mozzarella comes vacuum packed
in plastic.

Tofu still blows. :-)

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Do orientals even -use- cheese of any type?

I hear tell orientals ain't big on circumcision... so perhaps some
thousand year head cheese... General Smegma Lo Mein.

Sheldon

"I-zheet M'drurz"

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No self-respecting cheese would let tofu sit
next to it in the dairy case. Cheese doesn't need to sit
in a stinking water bath in order...)

Feta. Mozzarella...

So I've just heard. Never used or even seen Feta (obviously!) and
while I don't dispute you folks, my Mozzarella comes vacuum packed
in plastic.

Tofu still blows. :-)

Also Feta and Tofu must be put into milk (because defeta is very salted) or
water (because Tofu comes brown) 🙂))
Ciao
Pandora

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I-zheet M'drurz wrote😄o

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orientals even -use- cheese of any type?

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"orientals"?!? Sheesh!

-L.