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Fontina
Sign in to saveFontina (French: fontine) is a cow's milk cheese, first produced in Italy. Over time, production of fontina has spread worldwide, including to the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, France, and Argentina.
Key facts
- Cheese.name
- Fontina
- Cheese.image
- Fontina DOP.jpg
- Cheese.country
- Italy
- Cheese.region
- Aosta Valley
- Cheese.source
- Cows
- Cheese.pasteurized
- No
- Cheese.texture
- Semi-soft
- Cheese.fat
- 45%
- Cheese.certification
- EU: PDO 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Italy
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Material used
- cow's milk
- Image
- Fontina PDO.jpg
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- Fontina
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Recipes
- Generic nature of fontina
- See also
- References
- External links
Fontina (French: fontine) is a cow's milk cheese, first produced in Italy. Over time, production of fontina has spread worldwide, including to the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, France, and Argentina.
==Description== Fontina is a cheese that is semisoft to hard in texture and mild to medium-sharp in flavor. It has a milk fat content around 45%. The characteristic flavor of fontina is creamy and mild but distinctively savoury and nutty, the nuttiness increasing with aging. Fontinas from Sweden, Denmark, and the United States have milder flavor, softer texture, and more holes than those of Italy.
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