Crucolo vs Fontina
Crucolo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Trentino
Crucolo is a cow's milk cheese from Trentino, in northern Italy. The paste is semi-hard, pale, and dotted with small irregular eyes, and it feels moist and buttery rather than dry. The taste is rich and mildly savory, with a tangy finish that keeps it from being bland. Wheels are turned and kept moist while they age, so the rind stays supple and the interior stays open. It is a table cheese that also melts, and it is less famous than the hard grating cheeses of Italy.
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.