A pizza is not really a pizza without the cheese giving it flavour and colour. Whether you like it brown or just nicely melted, there are cheeses which are most suitable for pizza.

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Mozzarella is the most common cheese ingredient for pizza. Made from buffalo milk, it melts to a gooey consistency and has a brown top making it a great cheese to have on the decorated dough filled with toppings.

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Ricotta cheese is also a great alternative to mozzarella. There are pizza recipes that actually use ricotta such as spinach, artichokes and pesto.

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Ricotta cheese is also a great alternative to mozzarella. There are pizza recipes that actually use ricotta such as spinach, artichokes and pesto.

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Another type of cheese which is often used in pizzas is pecorino. It is made from ewe's milk. It might be a strong hard cheese with its pungent smell, but pecorino gives the pizza a different and wonderful taste.

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Are you ordering a four cheese pizza? Then you are in for a treat because four cheeses will be used.

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In addition to mozzarella, you will get to taste fontina which is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. The best tasting fontina are those made from cow's milk in summer which has a distinctive aroma.

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In addition to mozzarella, you will get to taste fontina which is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. The best tasting fontina are those made from cow's milk in summer which has a distinctive aroma.

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Bel Paese cheese is another Italian cheese that is present in the Ai 4 Formaggi pizza. It is semi-soft Italian cheese made from cow's milk. It is also often substituted for mozzarella.

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Gruyere cheese is a hard cheese made from unpasteurised cow's milk. It has a distinctive aroma and flavour.

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The other cheese that is put on a four cheese pizza is gorgonzola. It is an Italian blue cheese produced from whole cow's milk.

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There are also other cheeses that can be used for pizza such as cheddar and emmental.

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There are also other cheeses that can be used for pizza such as cheddar and emmental.

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