where the original recipe has been handmade for centuries.
Today, there are numerous blends to tantalise your
tastebuds. Book class to learn how the cheese is made at Wensleydale Creamery, then explore where it all began at Jervaulx Abbey where it was crafted by French monks in the 12th century using milk. In Northern Ireland, Mike’s Fancy Cheese in County Down was launched in 2013 as part of crowdfunding campaign by former cheesemaking student Michael Thomson. After learning from the raw milk blue cheese, Young Buck, rich, creamy cheese that resembles the very best Stilton. Thomson was finalist for best new cheese producer at the Great British Cheese Awards 2017. And what about that recently-crowned Cornish Kern?
Well, this dark-rind, cow-milk Cornish cheese from the Southwest of England produced by Lynher Dairies wowed the judges with its “buttery caramel notes and deep savoury aroma”. One thing’s for sure, Britain is experiencing its best dairy deluge ever.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2018 Mar-Apr, pages 29-32. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
