Pizzas

Well, it's not the only cheese used for pizza but it's certainly the most popular :) I believe the reason for using certain cheeses isn't just about how they taste but more about how they melt. Some cheese, like mozzarella, gets stringy and stretchy when it melts (which is something a lot of people like about pizza) but it generally won't flow all over the place like other cheeses. Provolone melts in a similar way to mozzarella. When you use other cheeses on pizza, you get a different outcome. Cheddar, Gouda, Monterey Jack are among cheeses that melt really, really smooth... in fact, they can lose all their body. It's like putting cheddar on top of a casserole and it almost "melts away" right into the casserole instead of forming a layer on top. If they're mixed with a stretchy cheese, like mozzarella on a pizza, they sort of stick around better :) There are also cheeses that soften up but don't melt -- like ricotta or feta. If you like greek pizza, as an example, you notice that the feta softens into "clumps" on the surface but doesn't spread like others do. I like experimenting with mixes of cheese on pizza but I've never made one that didn't include mozzarella :)

In my country mozzarella cheese is a delicaty and quite expensive. So I make my pizzas with any cheap ,nice tasting cheese that will melt. I think that it tastes about the same as it is other flavors what make it taste one way or the other.

I wasn't even aware that it was only Mozarella cheese that was used on pizza. I made a pizza not too long ago and I actually used cheddar, mozzarella and feta which is amazing on a pizza. Pizza is one of those foods that you can experiment around with and its fun to play around with.

Hi. allknowing. I guess because it makes the pizza taste really good. I have never tried to make pizza with any other kind of cheese though. I know that I have tasted a cheddar cheese pizza before. This cheese is so much more richer though.

I do believe that mozzarella is escential for a pizza to taste lika a pizza should taste, yet, I always use two or three types of chesse, and, yes, the taste changes, but, it is still great.

I like making pizzas with a combination of cheeses. I am a cheese lover so the more the better...lol..I think it gives pizza a better taste when you add different cheeses to it.

Hi allknowing! I do not like cheese and would not touch it and so I am disqualified from making any authentic remark about the taste.However, I make the topping and decorate it with cheese for a pizza base[we get readymade ones. I simply grate the cheese cubes we get in normal departmental store . Is Amul cheese cube Mozarella cheese?

we use chedder and mozzarella on our pizza when we make it. i like the mixture of cheeses on the homemade pizza.

I like to make pizza at home. And I just use Mozzarella cheese and I haven't tried other kinds of cheese yet. I think Mozzarella cheese suits pizza. When it melts, it is like silk and the flavor is great. I love China

Mozzarella was used in the first original 'Pizza margherita' which represented the Italian flag. Mozzarella is cheap, readily available and white and together with (red) tomatoes and (Green) basil leaves, portrays those colours perfectly. It is the base of most of the Italian pizza recipes but there is also one 'Pizza ai Quattro Formaggi' which uses four different cheeses - and is delicious! You can see the recipe here: http://italianfood.about.com/od/breadspizza/a/aa042205_3.htm More about the original pizzas here: http://italy-pizza.com/history_of_pizza.html

I also like to add a little parmesean and cheddar as well as mozzarella.

when I'm making pizza, I just used ordinary cheese then pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce. Well still delicious and my kids loves it!

I like my pizzas with any kind of cheese...I like variety. I don't find Mozzarella gives the best flavour. I really like Cheddar Cheese on my pizza especially the old white kind. Feta is another good flavourful one.

The is this pizza place in town. They make it with American Cheese. So good.

I have tried it with different cheeses but the taste changes so dramatically. I do like white pizza with ricotta and mozzarella.

As for me, I experimented to cook with 2 cheeses; mozzarella and cheddar. The taste's different. when you put cheddar cheese, it's also different. Usually, izza has a mozzarella cheese because of its stickiness when it melts and has a different taste too. But, it also depends on the toppings you're putting. Overall mozzarella cheese is the best cheese for pizza.