This is a stinker! In fact, it’s fair to say that it smells pretty disgusting. But stay with it: it tastes infinitely better than it smells.
At its best, this unpasteurised cows-milk cheese is gooey and needs a spoon to help you eat it.
The rind is smear-ripened in the local brandy, marc de Bourgogne, which gives it s distinctive red-o [...]
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This is a stinker! In fact, it’s fair to say that it smells pretty disgusting. But stay with it: it tastes infinitely better than it smells.
At its best, this unpasteurised cows-milk cheese is gooey and needs a spoon to help you eat it.
The rind is smear-ripened in the local brandy, marc de Bourgogne, which gives it s distinctive red-o [...]
Montagnolo Affine
Soft cheese with blue streak. Smooth and creamy, but with a light blue-cheese character thrown in. Quite rich and buttery. Made from pasteurised cow’s milk.
Strangely, this isn’t Italian; its German.
Blue Persille du Beaujolais Mons
Unpasteurised cow’s milk.
Like a strong Stilton. But also creamy and cloying too with a dryness in the finish (if a cheese has a finish!)
£26.90/kg from Selfridges.
Truffle Brie
Made in-store by Paxton & Whitfield (Bath) by taking a good quality Brie, cutting it in half, inserting a mixture of chopped truffles and truffle oil, then putting Brie back together and wrapping it up for 48 hours.
Delicious!
Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton
Quite a powerful Stilton from the wealth of mould. Rich & creamy texture.
Pasteurised cows milk.
Farm owned and run by the Skailes family for three generations. This version of the cheese specifically developed for Waitrose.
£18.99/kg from Waitrose.
Lincolnshire Poacher
Quite a full-flavoured firm cheese with a slightly sweet taste and a slightly bitter aftertaste.
Produced by Simon & Tim Jones in Ulceby, Lincolnshire. Unpasteurised milk from Holstein-Friesian cows. Typically matured for 18 months.
£19.99/kg from Waitrose
Cave-aged Le Gruyère AOC
Firm and smooth with a sweet, creamy, nutty taste.
Really tasty.
£23.49/kg from Waitrose
Barkham Blue
A crumbly, medium-strong, Stilton-like cheese, but a bit creamier. Strength is a bit uneven (mild sometimes; strong other times).
Montagnolo Affine
A German blue that is soft, creamy and medium-flavoured. Delicious. However, quite cloying and maybe a bit too rich.
Available from Waitrose £14.50/kg
Snøfrisk Goats
Texture like a slightly crumblier Edam (and less plastic). Creamy, nutty, smooth, slight honey flavour. Made from goats’ milk fed on fjord and mountain grass.
Available from Waitrose at £18/kg