Lump of cheese in my pasta dish

I was cooking a pasta dish with some cheese when I added some greens it pulled all the cheese to it and it just a lump of cheese and greens, why did this happen?

Victoria Blake
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Nancy
Nancy May 19, 2020
Victoria - have a look at this article about melting cheese, type of cheese, acid content of some foods added to it and when. May be of help in determining what happened.
https://www.finecooking.com/article/the-science-of-melting-cheese
 
Victoria B.
Victoria B. May 19, 2020
Thank you so much! Reading now this is just why I was looking for. You
 
HalfPint
HalfPint May 18, 2020
What were you making? What kind of cheese did you use?
 
Victoria B.
Victoria B. May 18, 2020
It was a Italian dish with Parmesan and pecorino, when I added the green it just rolled everything up into a big ball off the pasta. I thought maybe I should have used some pasta water to help it. Just wondering why it happened so I can avoid in future.
 
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