Southern Italy (Campania, Puglia, Molise) · Italy
Smoked Scamorza.
Smoked Scamorza is the campfire cousin of mozzarella: a pear-shaped stretched-curd cheese with a burnished amber skin and a pale, pliable paste that carries gentle woodsmoke through every bite. Melted, it turns silky and elastic, draping smoky richness over anything beneath it.
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The story
How it's made.
Why it tastes that way.
Scamorza is a pasta filata cheese of Southern Italy — Campania, Puglia, Molise, and Abruzzo — made like a drier, firmer mozzarella and hung to ripen briefly in its signature pear shape, the 'noose' around its neck giving the cheese its name (from scamozzare, to lop off).
The smoked version, scamorza affumicata, passes over smouldering straw or wood until the skin turns golden-brown and the paste takes on a soft smokiness. Because it melts superbly without watering out, Southern cooks reach for it over mozzarella on pizzas, in pasta al forno, and grilled whole as scamorza alla griglia.
Production · spec
- Milk
- Cow · pasteurised
- Family
- Pasta filata
- Rind
- smoked
- Age
- 0–1 mo
Tasting profile
What it tastes like.
Caseo's flavour axes are drawn from each cheese's flavour and aroma profile. This is Smoked Scamorza's fingerprint.
Aroma
Nutrition · per 100g serving
What's in a wedge.
A 100g serving — about a finger-thick wedge. Daily values use the FDA 2020 reference of 2,000 kcal. Expect ±5% variation between wheels.
Estimated values — based on similar cheese family data
Serve, cut & store
Out of the fridge,
into its prime.
Guidance for pasta filata cheeses — general practice, not a per-wheel measurement.
Rest
Take it out about 20–30 min before serving — cold stiffens the fat and locks up the aromas; cool room temperature is when the flavour shows up.
Cut
Tear, don't cut — torn mozzarella and burrata expose more surface and taste creamier.
Store
Fresh and brined cheeses keep best covered in their liquid — and are happiest eaten within days.
Rule of thumb: the softer and riper, the longer it needs. Thick pieces need longer than thin — and don't leave cheese out much past two hours.
Pairings · Caseo curated
What goes with Smoked.
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Bonus & advanced pairings · 25
Wine
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Substitutes
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