Jeez, It's Cheese ; Top Quality Italian Cheese Is Being Produced in Rural Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Tejeesh N.S. Behl Feeds On Mozzarella, Scamorza and Other Varieties to Unravel the Secret of This Success.

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The invite was intriguing. Would we like to try out authentic Italian cheese made in our own backyard in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana? So, a week later we find ourselves seated opposite the 27- year-old Italian, Giuseppe Mozzillo, COO, Exito Gourmet, as he slices a piece of freshly-packed mozzarella cheese produced in his state-of-the-art plant in a little village in Haryana. One takes a cautious bite, not knowing whether it will melt in the mouth or be heavy on the digestive system. A moment later the worries are gone.

Deliciously chewy, the slight saltiness makes this cheese a perfect appetiser. Next, he doles out some Bocconcini cheese in the shape of small blobs which is devoured by a hungry journalist surviving on a spartan breakfast for the past six hours.

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Jeez, It's Cheese ; Top Quality Italian Cheese Is Being Produced in Rural Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Tejeesh N.S. Behl Feeds On Mozzarella, Scamorza and Other Varieties to Unravel the Secret of This Success.

How did Mozzillo, a former investment banker who hails from a family of cheesemakers from Naples, land up in Haryana's Golpura village to make authentic Italian cheese? It was during a trip to India in 2006 that I came across water buffalos remarkably similar to those found in Italy. Later, I learnt that the buffalos found in Italy are descended from the ...

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