Isle of Mull CheddarScotland, Isle of Mull
Also called Isle of Mull, Isle of Mull Cheese, Mull cheddar, Tobermory cheddar.
Unpasteurised milk goes straight from the parlour, still warm, into the cheese vat, and is made into a cloth-wrapped farmhouse cheddar. The wheels mature for about nine months to a year into an ivory, sharp cheese that sometimes shows fine blue veins.
- Milk
- Raw cow milk from the farm's own herd
- Ripening
- About nine months (made in September, sold in June); some sources say about 12 months
- Milk into the vat while warm
- Make the cheddar curd
- Wrap in cloth and mature9 months
Safety: The sources give no safety data for this cheese. It is a raw-milk hard cheese matured for months; the NHS lists hard cheeses, pasteurised or not, as safe in pregnancy.
Lincolnshire PoacherEngland, Lincolnshire
A hard farmhouse cheese made from the farm's own raw cow milk. Evening and morning milk are set with starter and animal rennet, heated to about 41 °C, cut and stirred, then cheddared, milled, salted by hand and pressed for 36 hours. The wheels ripen on wooden shelves for well over a year.
- Milk
- Raw cow milk from the farm's own herd of about 230 cows
- Ripening
- About 18 months before sale, by the producer's account
- Combine the milkings and add starter and rennet
- Heat, cut and stir1 h · 41 °C
- Drain and cheddar
- Mill, salt and press36 h
- Ripen on wooden shelves18 months
Safety: Made from raw milk; long ripening before sale.
Montgomery's / Keen's / Westcombe CheddarSomerset
heritage pint starters; clothbound
- Milk
- cow milk, raw
- Ripening
- 12–24 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).
Orkney Scottish Island CheddarScotland, Orkney Isles
Island cheddar made by the dry-stir method instead of slab cheddaring, giving a firm, dense body; cheese made on Orkney since 1946.
- Prepare the milk
- Cut and drain the curd
- Ripen6–18 months
Queijo São Jorge PDOAzores
spicy cheddar-like island cheese
- Milk
- cow milk, raw
- Ripening
- ≥3 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).
Red LeicesterLeicestershire
annatto
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- 2–12 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).
Single Gloucester PDOGloucestershire
part-skimmed
- Milk
- cow milk, (Gloucester cattle in herd)
- Ripening
- ~2 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).
Sparkenhoe Red LeicesterLeicestershire
clothbound
- Milk
- cow milk, raw
- Ripening
- ~6 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).
Yorkshire Wensleydale PGIWensleydale
crumbly, moist, light press; historically sheep and blue
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- 3 wk – 6 mo
Made like Cheddared cheese family (Cheddar as template).