Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

Fruball

I love mozzarella and it comes in plastic packs in water - is the water useful for anything?

I am thinking it must have taken some of the flavour from the cheese so might be good to add to pasta dishes?

Penelope_Penguin

Cheese sauce

jcr16

i've never even given it a second thought. i just assumed it was some sort of salty brine and always thrown away. i use alot of mozzerlla. be interesting to see if anyone has done anything with it.

bluebag

Frugal wrote: »

I love mozzarella and it comes in plastic packs in water - is the water useful for anything?

I am thinking it must have taken some of the flavour from the cheese so might be good to add to pasta dishes?

I think this might be a frugal step too far for me.

Fruball

bluebag wrote: »

I think this might be a frugal step too far for me.

Why? lol

Think of it as cheese 'stock'

Claire_Bear

I've seen on some cookery shows that they use the 'rind' from a parmesan cheese to flavour soups like minestrone, maybe you could use the mozzarella water for that? Although it's quite a mild creamy cheese so I doubt it would have a massive impact on the flavour. Cheese sauce is a good idea though.

BitterAndTwisted

I think you might have to reduce it down to about half a teaspoon's-worth to get any discernible flavour out of it!

Fruball

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I think you might have to reduce it down to about half a teaspoon's-worth to get any discernible flavour out of it!

:rotfl::rotfl:

Probably!!!

lostinrates

It is worth keeping the water in a small bowl and returning any cheese you don't use immediately to it for later, well covered n cling film I rarely use half a mozzarella but I'm told there are people who do have some restraint!

zippychick

ill merge this with quick questions later
thanks
ZIP