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FRESH, NOT FROZEN
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FROM LOCAL FARMS
Needing an outlet for their milk, Mike and Judie developed Old Winchester. This Gouda-style cheese, aged for 20 months, is caramelised, smoky and with crystalline crunches.
£7.80
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Ingredients: Milk, salt, cheese cultures (egg in Lysosome) and rennet.
In the New Forest at Lyburn Farm, Mike and Judie Smales have created a modern British classic cheese – Old Winchester.
As milk prices fell, Mike and Judie decided they needed an outlet for the milk from their 180 British Friesian cows. Deciding to make cheese, they went on a one-day Cheddar-making course with Val Bines. Armed with this basic knowledge the Smales decided to make a Gouda-style (the curd is washed so the cheese ends up slightly more sweet): “When we started to make cheese twelve years ago,” says Mike, “we deliberately chose not to make Cheddar, for all the obvious reasons, not least there are already quite a lot of them. So we started with a Gouda-style recipe.”
Yet the cheese turned out a bit different from expected. But not every mistake is bad! Instead, the amazing Old Winchester was born: a cross between Gouda, Parmesan and Cheddar. At the Courtyard Dairy it is aged for 20-months to give it a sweet, tangy, crystallised depth. It is also known as Old Smales.
As well as a great ‘table cheese’ Old Winchester works incredibly well as a vegetarian Parmesan replacement, as it is made without animal rennet, you will often find chefs using it for vegetarian dishes.
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Lorna Graham (verified owner) –
Love this cheese. A rare new find and really versatile.
julian sutton (verified owner) –
Wilma Thomson (verified owner) –
Kept me up to date on the order and delivered within the time slot. Can’t do much better than that
Alan Flewin (verified owner) –
This will be part of our New Years Dinner
Max Buchanen (verified owner) –
Derek Rawlings (verified owner) –
Another great cheese wonderful full flavour goes well with anything
Susanna Fox (verified owner) –
Completely delicious, tangy, mature and great as cheese and biscuits or by itself. Would go well with fruit. Also great for a sandwich.
Ellen Schuringa (verified owner) –
I’m Dutch and a great lover of old fashioned Dutch “farmers cheese). This one is spot on.
Susie Bishop (verified owner) –
Vivien Chesman (verified owner) –
Very strong flavour. Better for cooking
John Attridge (verified owner) –
Good quality cheese. A little hard and dry for me.
Jeff Brind (verified owner) –