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For the Fontina, milk is used from a single milking. The only addition to the milk is rennet. Fontina is a mountain cheese from the Valle d'Aosta.
A loaf of cheese weighs 7.5 to 12 kg.
In the first 30 days the cheeses are salted and brushed with a brush. The loaves are left for 90 days to mature on fir boards.
The crust is relatively thin and has an orange to brown colour. The dough is elastic, fat and with fine to medium-sized holes and of a golden yellow colour.
The cheese goes well with full-bodied red wines.