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Fonduta Valdostana

AntipastoValle d'Aosta

Fontina fondue

← Valle d'Aosta cuisine

Fontina melted slowly with milk, butter and egg yolk into a smooth fondue, eaten with bread or over polenta, sometimes crowned with white truffle.

Key ingredients

Fontina cheesemilkegg yolk

What wine goes with Fonduta Valdostana?

  • Prié Blanc The high-altitude Blanc de Morgex (Prié Blanc) cuts the rich melted Fontina with its keen acidity.
  • Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC A Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle under the DOC is the region's own answer to fonduta.