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White scamorza with a small head and pear-shaped body, shown whole and cut.

Scamorza

Scamorza is a stretched-curd cheese whose pear-shaped white form also has a smoked counterpart.

Family
Stretched curd
Forms
White and smoked

White or smoked?

Bianca

Smoke
Unsmoked

Affumicata

Smoke
Smoked
BiancaAffumicata
SmokeUnsmokedSmoked

Hand shaping and beechwood smoke

Caseificio Artigiana describes its white scamorza as a handmade stretched-curd cheese, shaped like a pear with a small head. The dairy explains that working curd with boiling water creates a fibrous, elastic mass that its cheesemakers shape by hand.

For its smoked scamorza, Artigiana names beechwood smoke: the dairy describes an amber-coloured cheese with a pronounced smoky aroma. The white and smoked products show two different finishes within this producer’s range.

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