Need to use fresh mozzarella
Okay, I've got some mozzarella that I made that I need to use up soon. This is hard for me to believe, but I've had enough as an appetizer and in salady applications and uncooked. I'd like to use the rest of it up in some cooked dish. Not lasagna. Hot weather has finally hit, so if I can cook it on the grill that's great.
I've also got a little ricotta that I made from the whey, so if I could use that, too, it's a plus. No problem if I can't wedge that in as well, since I can just toss that into the next loaf of bread I make.
I'm thinking it may end up being pizza if I can't come up with anything else appealing.
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24 Comments:
Pizza would be delicious with both cheeses. And possibly some fresh basil.
Or since you make bread, you could make a tomato/mozz/pesto sandwich?
gingercookiewithlime at 1:15AM on 06/30/09
The one thing holding me back from pizza is a lack of tomatoes. I've got no sauce left from last year, and it's too early for fresh ones. Canned tomatoes aren't the worst thing in the world, but I've gone this long without them, I hate to cave in now, when the fresh ones are soooooo close.
And while I could make a tomato-less pizza, I'd rather not.
But pizza would be good. Soooooo gooooood.
dbcurrie at 1:41AM on 06/30/09
Pizza with a different sauce? Roasted red peppers instead of tomatoes? White pizza?
gingercookiewithlime at 1:57AM on 06/30/09
I shouldn't be thinking about food right now, particularly while sipping a glass of wine. But suddenly this sounds good:
Grilled pizza topped with scrambled eggs, siracha, and melted mozz. Maybe something else. Chard? Or maybe peppers mixed with the scrambled eggs?
Can't wait to read that tomorrow and see if it sounds as good.
dbcurrie at 2:21AM on 06/30/09
Few things come to mind:
Stuffed it in seeded jalapenos - wrap with bacon and put on the grill.
Mozzarella topped eggplant, burgers or chicken breast on the grill is good.
Paninis with mozzarella and ham or turkey is great.
A vegetable fritatta or quiche comes to mind.
Enjoy!
Ribster at 4:50AM on 06/30/09
How about a mozzarella martini? Oh wait, you have already gone to bed so this will sound gross in the morning.
There's cheesy potatoes with or without meat, and your favorite vegetables.
Stuffed rolls (stromboli? piroshki?) with cheese, pepperoni/sausage, mushrooms, etc.
Or as you suggested - for breakfast in a wrap or whatever - with eggs, peppers, cheese, jalapenos (too early?), steak/ham/some kind of meat, cholula/sriracha, etc.
Cassaendra at 7:22AM on 06/30/09
Stuff small peppers and tomatoes with it and grill them.
Grill slices of eggplant together with slices of mozzarella in between to make a kind of a grilled cheese.
Grill tomatoes and zucchini, chop them up and toss them in a bowl with diced mozzarella as a side dish.
yayfood at 8:37AM on 06/30/09
I was thinking of a few things others have already suggested...slabs of it on a burger (Caprese-style burgers?), on a sandwich (it melts so well, it'd do great on a panini)... Could you use it in mac & cheese? You could stir some of your ricotta into that as well. It would probably need at least one (if not a few) other strongly-flavored cheese, but at least you'd use some of it up. Or can you use fresh mozzarella to make fried cheese sticks? That'd be a killer appetizer if it worked...
kimberlymac at 9:24AM on 06/30/09
how about...
a white pizza topped with spinach or other greens??
stuffed shells with broccoli and cauliflower??
Eggplant parmesan sandwich?
a caprese quesadilla?
Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking
MadelynRodriguez at 9:37AM on 06/30/09
Fried cheese sticks?
If it was me, I'd just eat it straight up.
joeqboo at 10:24AM on 06/30/09
fried cheese sticks.
joyyy at 10:37AM on 06/30/09
@db - you could use some pesto in place of tomato sauce if you have some..... or sometimes i slather the crust with olive oil and sauteed garlic.
i'm sure you'll be creating a very good pizza with your ingenuity!
pooch at 10:38AM on 06/30/09
How about stuffed in chicken breasts, a la cordon bleu?
Cary at 11:19AM on 06/30/09
how about roasted red bellpepper soup and when the soup is just ready add in cubed fresh mozzarella. make sure you add it towards the very end otherwise it will end up just melting fully into the soup. goal is to get it a little melty. a little soup place near work used to make tomato mozzarella soup and the chunks of mozzarella perfectly tempered the rich soup. sadly, it closed :(
nithya at hungrydesi at 11:19AM on 06/30/09
This is kind of crazy, but I was riding in my car a couple of days ago listening to a program on (duh)--food and immigrant culture in NYC, and a Mexican woman who was a recent immigrant to the U.S. said she had been having fun trying different traditional dishes with Italian cheese, instead of the cheeses she normally used back home. Riffing off of that, you could try it on nachos, enchiladas, and chili.
HeartofGlass at 11:48AM on 06/30/09
definitely a fresh mozza salad:
- good quality balsamic
- fresh vine-ripe tomatoes
- fresh basil
- good quality evoo
- snp
simple heaven.
hungrychristel at 11:56AM on 06/30/09
can you use fresh mozz in place of paneer in Indian dishes? would this be a melt-y disaster?
btw I'm in love with grilled pizza with pesto. yum.
hmw0029 at 12:00PM on 06/30/09
Spaghetti squash stuffed with mozzarella and sausage. I like to boil my squash for about an hour or so depending on how large it is, remove all the squash strands when it is done but save the skin. Saute some onion, garlic and sausage together, add the squash. Remove from heat, add some salt and pepper, and toss in the cubed mozzarella. Spoon the squash back into the skin and throw some bread crumbs on top, put it in the oven for 20 minutes...sooo yummyy!
GinaPet at 12:01PM on 06/30/09
Pizza is probably its highest calling. I'd grill it with just olive oil and both cheeses, no sauce, then drape prosciutto on top after it's off the heat. Maybe with a sprinkle of fresh basil or arugula.
If you don't mind heating up the kitchen, cubed mozz is great at the center of arancini/suppli di telefono/fried rice balls.
jm chen at 1:33PM on 06/30/09
Wow, what a bunch of great ideas! Except maybe the martini. :-) But I got a good laugh out of that one.
Soup sounds interesting...maybe melting the cheese over a piece of bread like you'd do with French onion. But a different soup underneath.
I think there will also be some kind of flatbread thing on the grill. If I call it "pizza," DH will expect tomato sauce and Italian sausage. If I call it flatbread, it's a whole different ballgame.
dbcurrie at 2:08PM on 06/30/09
what about calzone? You can use both the mozz and ricotta.
sjpalmer at 5:35PM on 06/30/09
i recently had fresh figs that were halved, stuffed with mozzarella and wrapped in proscuitto. it was delicious, but i'm not sure if fresh figs are available yet where you live.
what about just plain grilled cheese? there's endless ways to flavor that one. i like a good piece of bread, melted mozzarella and a drizzle of balsamic. simple yet delicious.
sarar at 7:18PM on 06/30/09
There's the sandwich Nick did for Dinner Tonight -- I thought that was fabulous. You could grill the rabe and/or red peppers, and I bet it would be good. I've replaced the rabe with a handful of spinach, and thought that was pretty tasty.
(sammich is here)
Skythe at 8:55PM on 06/30/09
Grilled pizza! Grilled pizza! If you don't have tomatoes (you said that, right?) do a white-style pizza with evoo and garlic. maybe some arugula on top as well? On a pita, tortilla, whatever flat bread you have on hand...hmmmm, I'm getting hungry!
Piedine? tortilla/flatbread of some sort, cheese, lots of spinach and some crushed red pepper, more cheese, another piece of that flat bread... little evoo on the outsides of the bread and throw it on the grill (turn very carefully). Like an Italian quesadilla
wasliche at 12:38PM on 07/01/09