What You Need to Know
Heating and stretching cream and cheese to create a stable emulsion, with a ratio of 1:1 cream to cheese. The process involves the formation of a stable emulsion through the interaction of the casein in the cream and the triglycerides in the cheese.
Emilian crescenza is a key ingredient in traditional Emilian dishes, such as tortellini en brodo.
Steps
- 1.
Piadina Romagnola (Romagna, Italy): Provides the creamy filling for traditional flatbread sandwiches
- 2.
Torta di Riso (Modena, Italy): Creates the velvety cheese layer in rice cakes
- 3.
Focaccia di Recco (Liguria, Italy): Forms the molten core in stuffed focaccia
The Science
Primary Reaction
coagulation