Buffalo mozzarella from the Campania plains is a hand-pulled fresh cheese made from whole buffalo milk, with a thin white skin, milky interior and pleasantly sour finish; best eaten within 24 hours of production at room temperature.
Buffalo mozzarella in Campania is documented from the 12th century, when Cistercian monks near Capua raised water buffalo; the cheese received DOP status in 1996. The heartland is the plains between Caserta, Salerno and Paestum, and the direct-sale farms in Paestum (Tenuta Vannulo, Barlotti) allow visitors to buy and eat the cheese within an hour of it leaving the vat.
2 editor picks for Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP in Naples, ranked by editorial score. All Naples signature dishes · Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP across every city.
Mercato della Pignasecca ★ 4.7
centro-storico · Piazza Pignasecca 3, 80134 Napoli
Pignasecca in Naples' Montesanto district is the city's oldest street market (operating since the 17th century), a chaotic grid of fish stalls, cheese vendors and friggitorie, the daily shopping ground for the Quartieri Spagnoli.
Mercato del Pesce di Porta Nolana ★ 4.6
centro-storico · Via Cesare Carmignano, 80142 Napoli
Porta Nolana fish market in Naples has sold fresh catch from the Bay of Naples since the 15th century, the city's principal wholesale and retail seafood counter, with anchovies, clams and octopus the standout purchases.