Alpkäse vs Fontina
Alpkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- South Tyrol
Alpkäse is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from South Tyrol in Italy. The name means cheese of the alpine pasture, and the wheels come from mountain dairies in that region. They are large and round, with an elastic paste and a natural rind that may darken as it rests. Color inside runs from ivory to straw yellow, and a few small eyes are scattered through the body. It is a table cheese, not a fresh soft cheese and not a very dry grating block.
Fontina
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Aosta Valley
- Status
- PDO
Fontina Val d'Aosta is a cow's-milk cheese from the Aosta Valley, and a protected cheese. The rind is washed. The paste is elastic and smells of the cellar.