Let me tell you guys something. I love cheese. It is my weakness. Not ice cream, or cookies, or cake - but cheese. Glorious cheese in just about any form. Sharp, sliced, shredded, fresh, soft, hard, crumbled. Any of it. All of it. I haven’t met a cheese that I don’t like, and I’ve never tried buratta before even though I’ve always wanted to.

Buratta is a pretty cool cheese. It’s basically a creamy spreadable cheese tucked away inside a skin of fresh mozzarella. So when you cut into it, the creamy cheese oozes out and it’s so so good. I didn’t want to have it just all on it’s own, so I decided to make this Baked Buratta. The name is sort of a lie since the buratta itself isn’t baked.

This Baked Buratta is super simple to make. Cherry tomatoes, oil, some seasoning; it’s roasted together and then topped off with the buratta which warms up just enough to make it easy to cut through and use to spread. There’s also fresh basil on top and if you want a little extra burst of flavor, some balsamic reduction is a great addition!

I served mine with slices of a baguette and it was literally dinner.

No regrets.

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