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Cheese Shed favourites White Lake Cheese, from Somerset, are now making two 'washed rind' cheeses (the other is Rachel, made with goats' milk, which we also stock).
Washed rind cheeses were new to me when I started The Cheese Shed, and part of my cheese education has been getting to know cheeses like Tornegus and Ogle Shield, which are made in this way. The washing process affects texture (softer, springier), taste ('fruity'), smell (more!) and the nature of the rind, which is often - as here - softish, sticky with an an red-orange colour. We traditionally associate the process with French cheeses, but increasingly British makers are producing their own versions.
The samples of Morn Dew and Rachel which White Lake's Pete sent us didn't last long at all, and only confirmed what I'd expected: that anything made by the people who make White Nancy has to be highly recommended! |
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