Fontina cheese | Fontina Valle d’Aosta

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What should you know before buying Fontina cheese?

Prepare yourself, because the Fontina cheese is the discovery of a lifetime. Meet a buttery Italian cheese made from cow’s milk. The mild nutty taste of the Fontina cheese is characteristic of this cheese fondue master.

Because the cheese is so soft and buttery in texture, the cheese is extremely suitable for a tasty cheese fondue. The cheese you order at Hollands Kaashuis is a real Fontina cheese with a DOP quality mark. DOP stands for Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP) and is translated into Dutch as Protected Origins Designation (BOB). The Fontina cheese from the Fontin family has been a protected cheese since 1977 and is also traditionally made by hand.

The Fontina DOP that you buy from us really comes from the northwest of Italy

On the one hand logical, because the Fontina cheese is a recognized quality mark cheese, but unfortunately there are many counterfeit cheeses in circulation with a misleading name. You have Fontinelle, Fontin Val, Fontenella and Fantal, for example. These cheeses are not made by the legendary Fontin family and are also produced by machine rather than by hand.

The Aosta Mountains are the origin of the characteristic Italian Fontina cheese. This mountain range is located on the edge of the Alps, where mountain cheese has been made with pasteurized cow’s milk since the 12th century. The softness of the cheese is due to the roaming cows that graze in the untouched nature. The softness of the cheese is an age-old secret of the Fontin family that you can taste when the cheese melts on your tongue.

Buy Fontina cheese with a constant quality

The quality of the Fontina cheeses is extremely high because you can taste the freedom of the cows. The grass that the cows can eat freely is very smooth and fresh, so the Fontina DOP develops the same qualities around the villages at the foot of Mont Blanc. Experience for yourself how good the life of the cows is when you buy this cheese.

Would you like to read more information about Fontina cheese?

Before you decide which cheese is perfect to purchase for your next pasta or cheese fondue, it is of course important to read completely about the cheese. On this page you will find everything there is to know about the Fontina DOP . Moreover, you can find a number of delicious recipes there where this cheese comes into its own. Are you already convinced of the cheeses of the Fontin family? Then don’t wait any longer and buy it now!