Albert Heijn sells truffle- and pesto-filled burrata: is it any good?
Mozzarella, burrata or stracciatella: we’re crazy about this creamy, soft Italian cheese. Real burrata is a hand-shaped pouch of mozzarella filled with stracciatella and a little cream. But what did we spot at Albert Heijn? Zanetti burrata filled with truffle and a variety filled with pesto. Is it any good? We put it to the test.
Nothing needed
Of course: the fresher the burrata, the better. We’re talking about the real burrata that you eat within 3 to 4 days. It doesn’t actually need anything. Just drizzle some really good olive oil over it, add some ripe tomatoes, pine nuts and basil. Tie a ribbon around it and you’re done. What you buy at the supermarket has little in common with that fresh burrata—now made by machine rather than by hand.
Burrata with truffle and pesto
And now there’s filled burrata in the supermarket. Honestly: filling burrata can be a good idea. Burgonzola, the love child of burrata and gorgonzola, is a creamy little cheese that, when you cut it open, glistens with blue-green mold cheese. The strong, spicy flavor of the gorgonzola is softened by the burrata. Incredibly delicious, if you ask me.
But supermarket-filled burrata with pesto? Factory-made burrata filled with truffle?! Is this an attack on humanity? Is Italy trying to get back at us for Hawaiian pizza?? Or have the Italians struck gold and will we soon be dancing the conga? There’s only one way to find out: buy it and taste it.
So we bought a tub of Zanetti Burrata truffle and a tub of Zanetti Burrata pesto at Albert Heijn. For €4.39 (!) and €3.89 respectively. What a lot of money! And suspiciously: it isn’t sold in its country of origin.
Burrata with pesto
We can keep this one brief. When we cut open the burrata, a thick, creamy mush immediately oozes out of the cheese (sorry, I’m trying to be as honest as possible), with a flavor that most closely resembles Boursin. We can’t really taste any pesto and, honestly: making your own pesto is really easy, and it does wonders for supermarket burrata. This is not a makeover. Zanetti, what are you doing to us?
With truffle
Truffle ice cream, truffle pizza, truffle chips, truffle fries, truffle tapenade, truffle hummus…; is there anything left without truffle?! Brave souls that we are, we cut open the truffle burrata. The contents are more liquid, and we detect… no truffle at all. The chemical truffle aroma does rise up immediately, though. It turns out to be truffle butter used to fill the burrata. We didn’t expect it, but this filled burrata appeals to us more. The truffle flavor isn’t too overpowering—true truffle lovers will of course want nothing to do with the artificial truffle flavor—but this is better than the pesto variety. But much better: buy some real good truffle oil and drizzle it over your burrata.
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