Fontina Cheese
Depending on where and how it’s made, Fontina can range from mild and milky to deeply earthy, complex, and mushroomy. The throughline between these varieties of Fontina is the pleasant sweet undertones that are beloved for their ability to enhance whatever foods and flavors with which they're paired. Known for its excellent melting capabilities, you can’t go wrong by adding a little of this Italian cheese to dishes like lasagna, stuffed chicken breasts, pizza, even your morning omelet for a rich and satisfying finished dish. Browse our selection of Fontina options below, from the quintessential Fontina Val d’Aosta to delightfully buttery Italian Fontal.
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Fontina Tedesco
from Italy
by Bassi
Rich and buttery this fontina cheese melts like a dream and offers intensely delicious flavor!
About Fontina Cheese
What is Fontina Cheese?
At the bottom of the Alps in the Italian Aosta Valley graze the red-faced Valdostana cows that provide the milk for Fontina cheese. Delivered directly from the pasture to the creamery, Fontina represents artisan cheesemaking at its finest. The usual combination of calf rennet and heat separate curd from whey. The cheese pressed into its mold is then brined for a couple of months before it starts the special aging process that makes Fontina cheese possible. Working in symbiosis with the mountains of Valle d’Aosta, the cheese is aged in the humid grottos of the mountainside. Turned, brushed, and salted every other day for another three months, the Fontina cheese is finally complete. Made from unpasteurized milk the finished cheese is firm and sliceable with an open interior. Its taste is sweet and aromatic and boasts an incredibly rich and creamy full-bodied roundness.
While there are many cheeses that call themselves Fontina, Fontal, Fontinella, or some such derivative to make sure you’re getting the authentic DOP version looks for a reddish-brown rind. Somewhere on it, you should find the DOP seal. Earthy, nutty, and utterly irresistible, it’s worth the extra investigation. Or simply order your Fontina online at Gourmet Food Store, where you know you’re getting the genuine article every time!
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