This is a preview of the content in our Italian Food Decoder app. Get the app to:
  • Read offline
  • Access all content
  • Build a list of your own favourites
  • Search the contents with full-text search functionality
  • ... and more!
iOS App Store Google Play

Bleu d’Aoste

a mighty blue cheese

Il Bleu d’Aoste

Made only at the Centrale Laitière de la Vallée d’Aoste with milk from Valdostana cows that graze in lofty alpine meadows, this relatively new blue cheese was first made in 2005 and has won prizes at the cheese Olympics (yes, there are such things!).

Valldostana peu vermell

Connoisseurs recommend it with with warm bread, chestnut honey or chilli jam.

Cheeses & Dairy Products

Valle d'Aosta

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Images by Josep Renalias Lohen11, Pier Francesco Grizi