Favorite Cheeses?

[Alfredo]

Ricotta is a staple in my kitchen. I stir it into pasta with pesto or tomato sauce, spread it on toast (crostini) with a little salt & pepper, or what ever is at hand. Got some pizza dough left over? Stuff it with ricotta and chunks of mozzarella or asiago for a nice cheese calzone.

Ricotta is featured in today's New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/di...tml?ref=dining

[BrianShaw]

Did someone say "Gorgonzola"?

I occasionally make a pizza with pesto sauce, Gorgonzola cheese, roasted garlic, and apple (Granny Smith - tart, green)... after the bake add toasted pignoli. Yum!

[biondoli]

2 classical Italian pizza are Gorgonzola and 4 formaggi (4 cheese).
generally we don't add anything else.
If don't find gorgonzola, you can use blue cheese...watch the quantity as it would easily overwhelm the taste, add also few leaves of sage.
For the 4 formaggi just pick the 4 you like and again watch the quantity and do not mix them them, divide the condiments in 4 different quarter of the pizza.
Just made gorgozola pizza Sunday for some friends and they liked it.

[gjbingham]

I was making only two pizzas a couple of weeks ago and didn't want to open a new pack of mozzarella. I switched in a Montery Jack in its place. I found that I liked it better. Perhaps a bit more salt made the difference. The pizzas dissappeared.

My favorite cheese - Jarlsberg! Creamy heaven in every bite!

[SpringJim]

A nice sharp fontina too!

[Ageo308]

In Italy, Naples "fresh" Buffalo Mozzarella is available everywhere as they consume it everyday for all types of cooking. Its so cheap and you cant beat the taste of it. Unfortunately here its so expensive and the quality is no where near it is over there, so i try and stick to a mozzarella and fresh ricotta made from the local cheese farms.

[gjbingham]

I also like the pressurized cheese in a can that you squirt onto your favorite junk food. I think that's my fav!