Fontina vs Sottocenere al tartufo
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.
Sottocenere al tartufo
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
Sottocenere al tartufo is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Italy, studded with black truffle. The name means under ash with truffle. A grey-brown coat of ash and warm spices covers a pale paste. The ash is an old Italian way to keep the aroma in the wheel while it rests. Truffle pieces are mixed into the curd, so the smell is in the cheese and not only on the rind.