Gourmet Stroll in the Aosta Valley

Val d’Aoste, Versant italien du Mont Blanc, Courmayeur / Aosta Valley, Italian side of Mont Blanc, Courmayeur
Clocher de Gimillan, Val d'Aoste/ Gimillan, bell tower, Aosta Valley
Cogne, Val d'Aoste / Aosta Valley, Cogne
Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso , Val d'Aoste / Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Aosta Valley
Le Cervin, Breuil-Cervinia, Val d'Aoste / Matterhorn, Aosta Valley
Marché de Noël, Aoste, Italie / Christmas market, Aosta
Fresques Château d'Issogne, Val d'Aoste / Frescoed cycle of scenes of daily life, Issogne castle, Aosta Valley
Vignes en pergola, Morgex, Val d'Aoste / Aosta valley, vineyard
Lard d'Arnad, AOP, Val d'Aoste / Lard d’Arnad (PDO), Aosta Valley
Lard d'Arnad, Val d'Aoste / Lard d’Arnad (PDO), Aosta Valley
Préparation fromages fermiers, Val d'Aoste / Preparation farmhouse cheeses, Aosta Valley
Sabotier, Ayas, Val d'Aoste / Woodwork of the sabotiers, Aosta valley
Polenta, Val d'Aoste / Polenta, Aosta valley
Préparation de la Polenta Valdôtaine, Val d'Aoste / Preparing the Polenta Valdostana, Aosta Valley
Zuppetta di Cogne / Cogne Soup
Jambon de Bosses, Val d'Aoste / Jambon de Bosses, Aosta Valley
Jambon de Bosses et son accompagnement, Val d'Aoste / Jambon de Bosses, Aosta Valley
Spaghetti carbonara with Motsetta / Spaghetti carbonara with Motsetta
Crème de Cogne, Val d'Aoste / Cogne cream, Aosta valley
Soupe à la Vapelenentse, Val d'Aoste / Seupa to Vapelenentse, Aosta valley
Tarte aux pommes de Jeannette, Val d'Aoste / Jeannette, apple pie, Aosta valley
Cuisson de la Micoula, Val d'Aoste / Sweet bread called micoula, Aosta valley
Cave d’affinage de la Fontina , Val d'Aoste / Fontina maturing cellar, Aosta valley
Fontina ou fontine, Val d’Aoste / Fontina cheese, Aosta Valley
Carbonada de veau avec polenta, Val d'Aoste / Carbonada veal, veal stew with polenta, Aosta valley
Soupe de de Châtaigne, Val d’Aoste / Chestnut cream, Aosta Valley
Pain perdu, Val d'Aoste / Aosta toast

The Aosta Valley offers a stunning landscape of sky scrapping peaks. The smallest of the Italian regions, this mountainous area lies at the feet of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso. The Aosta Valley delights mountain enthusiasts and lovers of authenticity alike. Regional products are depicted in the frescoes of the Issogne Castle. With its cheeses; Fontina, the Fromadzo, its mountain charcuterie; Jambon de Bosses, Lardo di Arnad, and its fruits; chestnuts, walnuts, Reinette apples, Martin Sec pears, the region enchants food lovers. The cuisine from the Aosta Valley is an authentic mountain fare
with its Vapelenentse soup, its polenta, often accompanied by a carbonada, or Cogne cream. This gallery includes many travel and food images.

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