Cheese recommendations?

[ChevronB19]

Love cheese, in particular mature cheddar and acidic crumbly Lancashire.

I hate blue cheese with a passion, not keen on stinky cheese, but fine with sheep and goats cheese.

Anyone recommend some cheeses to expand my repertoire?

This is for snacking, rather than cooking with.

[FunkyGibbon]

Any of these are great:

http://leicestershirecheese.co.uk/cheeses/

The Sparkenhoe Red Leicester is awesome.

I do have the advantage that the farm is a mile away and I can see their dairy cattle from my garden.

There is a stockist in Cartmel which may be close to you www.cartmelcheeses.co.uk

(I have no affiliation, just a very happy customer)

[ChevronB19]

FunkyGibbon said:

Any of these are great:

http://leicestershirecheese.co.uk/cheeses/

The Sparkenhoe Red Leicester is awesome.

I do have the advantage that the farm is a mile away and I can see their dairy cattle from my garden.

There is a stockist in Cartmel which may be close to you www.cartmelcheeses.co.uk

(I have no affiliation, just a very happy customer)

Ta - we do have a ‘cheese farm’ very close to us, not been yet! I’m nervous about asking to taste before I buy (especially since this option seems to have disappeared post covid) - I will spend money, but don’t want them thinking I’m just trying it on!

I know I *should* like blue cheese, but I just can’t face it, and so many online cheese selections include it by default.

[Harpoon]

If your location of Cumbria is still correct, then a trip to the Courtyard Dairy near Settle would be my recommendation.

https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/

It's a cheese mecca. The staff are great, chance to sample and come out with a load of cheese you've probably never heard of.

Then call into the the wine shop next door (Buon Vino) to get a bottle of the amazing plum sake they have to wash it all down.

[thebraketester]

Baron Bigot. A bit smelly but delicious soft cheese made in England.

Cambozola. Yes it's blue soft cheese and you don't like blue cheese and neither do I. But this is worth a try, it's very tasty.

Edited by thebraketester on Monday 24th October 12:01

[ChevronB19]

Harpoon said:

If your location of Cumbria is still correct, then a trip to the Courtyard Dairy near Settle would be my recommendation.

https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/

It's a cheese mecca. The staff are great, chance to sample and come out with a load of cheese you've probably never heard of.

Then call into the the wine shop next door (Buon Vino) to get a bottle of the amazing plum sake they have to wash it all down.

Ooh, ta! There used to be an excellent little cheese stall in Carlisle market, but it hasn’t reopened post covid. I’ll give that a go.

Keeping to the Cumbria theme, is there any better biscuit for cheese that Carrs water biscuits?

Also if possible, please recommend some chutneys etc - at the moment I’m just at the Branston pickle and Mr Vikki’s chilli jam level.

[LordHaveMurci]

Stilton is vile stuff but other blue cheeses are available & can actually be rather nice!

[RizzoTheRat]

I'm a big fan of a good brie or camembert, and helpfully British supermarkets tend to wait until it's nearly ready to eat and then discount it.

Forget chutneys and try chili jam, fantastic with a strong cheddar.

If you can find it in the UK, Dutch truffelkaas is fantastic (gouda type cheese with black truffle), and an older (oude or overjarige) boerenkaas (farmers cheese) will show you that the stuff British supermarkets call Gouda is crap.

[vixen1700]

Just got my mrs. to model the current favourite just for this thread.



Cornish Cruncher from M&S, strong and delicious.

[Lotobear]

LordHaveMurci said:

Stilton is vile stuff but other blue cheeses are available & can actually be rather nice!

I'm ambivalent to Stilton but you are correct about blue cheeses, I like Danish Blue (rarely seen these days) and Saint Augur is bloody, addictively, gorgeous.

Rollright is a fabulous cheese too (not blue), a sort of English version of Reblochon.

[ChevronB19]

RizzoTheRat said:

I'm a big fan of a good brie or camembert, and helpfully British supermarkets tend to wait until it's nearly ready to eat and then discount it.

Forget chutneys and try chili jam, fantastic with a strong cheddar.

If you can find it in the UK, Dutch truffelkaas is fantastic (gouda type cheese with black truffle), and an older (oude or overjarige) boerenkaas (farmers cheese) will show you that the stuff British supermarkets call Gouda is crap.

My wife is Dutch! Had truffelkaas as while ago and it was lovely, forgotten about that, thanks for the reminder!

[RizzoTheRat]

Can you get her family to send you a food parcel? Chuck in some Delft blue and Leidse kaas (with cumin seeds) as well. Think you can send cheese from EU to UK but not the other way

If you like a hint of blue, then Morbier is worth a look too, softish with a line of blue through the middle.

[NDA]

ChevronB19 said:

Love cheese, in particular mature cheddar and acidic crumbly Lancashire.

I hate blue cheese with a passion, not keen on stinky cheese, but fine with sheep and goats cheese.

Anyone recommend some cheeses to expand my repertoire?

This is for snacking, rather than cooking with.

Tried Comté? Tomme de Savoie?

I quite like Parmesan for a nibble too.

[NSNO]

Parmigiana Reggiano, Edam, Manchego and Emmenthal to name a few.

Although most commonly served shaved over pasta Parmigiana Reggiano is also great on its own. Get one that has been aged for at least twenty four months. It has a great depth of flavour and is lovely with some good quality balsamic vinegar to dip it in.

Manchego is great and comes from sheeps milk. It has a creamy taste and is incredibly moreish.

Edam is great on crackers with a touch of relish or jam.

Emmenthal is the cheese with the holes in it and works great with ham on a sandwich with a touch of mustard, but equally great to eat on its own.

[shirt]

current favourite is truffled brie, cant get enough of the stuff.

quite partial to pan fried halloumi as a snack, but tis a bit of effort

[RizzoTheRat]

shirt said:

current favourite is truffled brie, cant get enough of the stuff.

NEED! where are you getting that?

[shirt]

i'm not in uk, google Brie de Meaux, should turn up something. spread on sourdough or crackers its just lovely

[RizzoTheRat]

Looks like I can get it mail order but the postage cost more than the cheese

Luckily we have several cheese shops around here, I'll keep an eye out for it

[tomw2000]

Truffle Brie; these guys do the best I've ever had: https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/all-cheese-a-c#/bri...

But I am not sure it's available via their online store - or if they make it anymore.

I notice they do have a truffle camembert though (and a truffle Perle AND at truffle Gouda) :

https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/all-cheese/camember...

https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/all-cheese/unterwas...

https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/all-cheese/gouda-tr...

[hotchy]

Snowdon? I think it's called? Always find it in those Christmas markets that'll be coming up.. anyway its the "pickle power" flavour. Wonderful. Dont even need to add my own pickle to it!