Fontina is the Aosta Valley

Consorzio Tutela Fontina DOP

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La Fontina DOP is a Protected Designation of Origin cheese with a milk scent, a sweet taste and a soft and melting consistency in the mouth

Perhaps not everyone knows that, in order to be able to boast the “real” Fontina DOP brand, this cheese must follow a long and complex process. . The result is a cheese with a sweet and mountain pasture smell, with a soft and melting consistency in the mouth and with the taste of milk; eating one piece is equivalent to drinking a glass of milk but without lactose (only present in traces)

Perhaps not everyone knows that, in order to be able to boast the “real” Fontina DOP brand, this cheese must follow a long and complex process. . The result is a cheese with a sweet and mountain pasture smell, with a soft and melting consistency in the mouth and with the taste of milk; eating one piece is equivalent to drinking a glass of milk but without lactose (only present in traces)

because as ingredients there are only milk, salt and rennet, while the delicate cheesemaking keeps unchanged all nutritional qualities, vitamins and live lactic cultures. Among the traditional recipes, Fontina is “queen” of the famous fondue, in gnocchi “alla bava”, on polenta “valdostana”, but also lends itself to being tasted naturally, simply accompanied by breadsticks, brown bread and a good glass of local wine.

because as ingredients there are only milk, salt and rennet, while the delicate cheesemaking keeps unchanged all nutritional qualities, vitamins and live lactic cultures. Among the traditional recipes, Fontina is “queen” of the famous fondue, in gnocchi “alla bava”, on polenta “valdostana”, but also lends itself to being tasted naturally, simply accompanied by breadsticks, brown bread and a good glass of local wine.

Consorzio Tutela Fontina DOP

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Aosta
Regione Borgnalle, 10/L
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Aosta
Regione Borgnalle, 10/L