Shred Alert: It's a Mozzarosity

November 14, 2024 1:29 PM

We recently received a whole lotta mozzarella that we didn't order in our Costco order--it's 5 pounds of shredded part-skim mozzarella (not the fresh kind of caprese salad). We've made homemade pizza. We've made chicken parmesan. We still have, like, 4.3 pounds of cheese. What else should we do with it?
posted by pompelmo to Food & Drink (16 answers total)

If there's any still in a sealed bag, you can throw the whole thing in the freezer and it'll be good for another 3 months.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:34 PM on November 14, 2024 [14 favorites]

Yeah, freeze it! It will still be good on pizza, chicken parm, etc. I wouldn't do this with a nice eating cheese but totally OK for shredded mozzarella. And three months is probably a good safe deadline but I have definitely used frozen shredded cheese after more than three months and it's fine (if there's a problem with the frozen cheese it's going to be a tastiness/quality issue, not a safety issue).
posted by mskyle at 1:45 PM on November 14, 2024 [3 favorites]

I've made these pesto/mozzarella roll-ups before and enjoyed them: https://www.budgetbytes.com/pesto-mozzarella-roll-ups/

Also you could make lasagna. You could make a caprese-type salad, it just won't be as pretty.

Finally, you can freeze it -- portion it out and freeze in small containers. You can use it without letting it thaw all the way.
posted by OrangeDisk at 1:46 PM on November 14, 2024 [2 favorites]

I use that Costco mozz for air fryer pizza.

Tortilla, pizza sauce, cheese, maybe some pepperoni.

In the air fryer at 400 for about 8 minutes.
posted by chazlarson at 1:54 PM on November 14, 2024 [1 favorite]

Quesadillas for any meal or even a snack if you use a 4 inch tortilla.
posted by soelo at 1:56 PM on November 14, 2024 [2 favorites]

Baked ziti (that recipe will use .75 pounds of it)!
posted by mollweide at 2:13 PM on November 14, 2024 [2 favorites]

Freeze it, without question. If you're just using it for pizza topping and whatnot it will be good for months.
posted by anastasiav at 2:15 PM on November 14, 2024 [4 favorites]

Low carb/keto cheese crisps
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:36 PM on November 14, 2024 [1 favorite]

If you like Korean food, make fire chicken.
posted by A Blue Moon at 2:36 PM on November 14, 2024

I really like grilled cheese made with mozzarella, a slice of tomato, and basil. Can be accompanied by tomato soup.
posted by mai at 2:56 PM on November 14, 2024 [2 favorites]

You can make a kind of cheesy bread, such as these breadsticks heavily infused with cheese.

Also, I don't see anyone mentioning cheesy garlic bread, so CHEESY GARLIC BREAD!
posted by Sunburnt at 3:07 PM on November 14, 2024 [1 favorite]

Mozzarella is good in a mac and cheese blend. I regularly throw around a cup in with my cheddar/Monterey jack mix, but I think it could easily replace the Monterey jack entirely.
posted by EvaDestruction at 3:17 PM on November 14, 2024

Cheese sauce, which can be frozen and then defrosted in the microwave and poured over cooked macaroni.

Cheese bread, or cheese biscuits. Make and freeze and then defrost for breakfast.

Cheese toast made under the broiler.

Scrambled eggs with cheese.

Cheese soup, especially one with something like pureed squash or carrots.

Lasagna.

Use some in place of farmer's cheese or cottage cheese in blintzes.

Any kind of cream of chicken/cream of mushroom soup casserole.

Add to polenta
posted by Jane the Brown at 5:37 PM on November 14, 2024

Korean corn cheese

Stromboli
Broccoli stromboli
posted by carrioncomfort at 2:02 AM on November 15, 2024

You mentioned chicken parm, but the original Italian parmigiana is one of the very best foods in existence. I have introduced many people to it, and they are all joyfully overwhelmed. Daniel Gritzer's version is near perfect, though I have had even better versions that I haven't quite worked out yet. I think it's about making a kind of confit out of the eggplant. But as said, I haven't mastered it yet and Gritzer's is very fine.
posted by mumimor at 9:11 AM on November 15, 2024

Per a previous question, soup kitchens love cheese donations.
posted by brainwane at 8:55 AM on November 21, 2024 [1 favorite]