benvenuti. benvenuti to valle d'aosta, the tasty little region in the northwest of italy, over in the corner, under the alps. valle means valley, and those valleys render very delicious food, very delicious milk, and the great fontina cheese . and from that we make many recipes. and today we'll make fondue valle d'aostana style, fondue alla valle d'aostana, veal chops with fontina, and roasted peppers and olive salad with fontina and creamy mustard dressing. insalata di fontina e peperoni. con olive. so let's begin with the fondue. you shred some great fontina, and you add to it milk. just give it a mix. you cover it with film wrap, just like that, and you let it stay overnight. in the meantime let's prepare some bread, and i'll make large batons that you can dunk in and much away. so i think i'll make them this long. it's even better if you have a day-old bread. just like that, you set it on a tray with parchment paper, and we'll put it in the oven when we're ready. and now we're ready to begin