Asiago vs Fontina
Asiago
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Veneto
- Status
- PDO
Asiago is a cow's-milk cheese from the Asiago plateau in Veneto and from the protected zone around it. Pressato is young, pale, and mild. D'allevo is aged until it is firm and sharper.
Fontina
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Aosta Valley
- Status
- PDO
Fontina on this page is Fontina Val d'Aosta, 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.