Autumn macaroni with button onions, pancetta, hazelnuts & Fontina cheese

I visited the Valle d’Aosta, a wonderful part of northern-most Italy that nestles right up against the Swiss border and is the country’s smallest region. Full of many delicious foods, it is the proud home of Fontina cheese. This creamy yellow stinker, made with summer cows’ milk, is the result of happy days spent munching wild flowers and herbs among the high peaks. Treated with unwavering seriousness and respect, the cheeses are regularly washed in brine, turned and stored in around eight