Abra Berens’technique turns regular mozzarella into burrata
Well, it’s basically burrata. And it only takes two minutes.
Berens’s creamed mozzarella is simple: you tear the mozzarella and toss it with sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt.
Just like that, regular mozzarella (which I think we can all finally admit can be rubbery and dry and a little like eating slices of a softball) is transformed into something decadent and luscious and something much more like mozzarella’s cousin burrata.
1 ball (8 oz) fresh mozzarella
1/4 cup sour cream
1 lemon, zest and juice
Tear the mozzarella into rough chunks.
Combine with the sour cream, lemon zest and juice, a good pinch of salt, and a couple of grinds of black pepper.
Tear, toss, done!