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Wensleydale - yummy!
I tried this for the first time over Christmas - Wensleydale with cranberries. Soooo good. How was this missing from my life for so long? I just its texture. For some reason I expected it to be like cheddar but it's so not. Will be buying some this week to have in lunches.
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I've never had it either, I'm gonna buy some.
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Try as it should be without all this cranberry mullarkey.
Its a gorgeous underestimated cheese |
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It is lovely with a piece of rich fruit cake.
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Wensleydale cheese was first made by French Cistercian monks from the Roquefort region, who had settled in Wensleydale. They built a monastery at Fors in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France, but some years later the monks moved to Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton near the city of Ripon, in Lower Wensleydale. They brought with them a recipe for making cheese from sheep's milk. Unfortunately during the 14th century cows' milk began to be used instead, and the taste and character of the cheese began to change.
Last month I had the fortune to buy some Wensleydale cheese made from sheeps milk and I have to say it is by far the best cheese I have tasted. |
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If you have any left over mince pies (and who doesn't!) warm them through in the oven - never the microwave.
When they are hot take off the lid and insert a generous slice of Wensleydale (proper with no bits in) and replace the lid. Leave for a few minutes till cool enough to eat. Cheese will have softened but not gone gooey or greasy. Sublime |
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Wensleydale cheese was first made by French Cistercian monks from the Roquefort region, who had settled in Wensleydale. They built a monastery at Fors in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France, but some years later the monks moved to Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton near the city of Ripon, in Lower Wensleydale. They brought with them a recipe for making cheese from sheep's milk. Unfortunately during the 14th century cows' milk began to be used instead, and the taste and character of the cheese began to change.
Last month I had the fortune to buy some Wensleydale cheese made from sheeps milk and I have to say it is by far the best cheese I have tasted. Where did you get the old skool Wensleydale? It would make the perfect present for a Wensleydale-head I know (minus the mouse tax, yum yum.)
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Cotherstone is like a farmhouse Wensleydale - I think it's made in Weardale but the cows still feed on grass grown on Carboniferous Limestone which is why I think it's so creamy.
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Where did you get the old skool Wensleydale? It would make the perfect present for a Wensleydale-head I know (minus the mouse tax, yum yum.) ![]() http://www.capersfinefoods.co.uk |
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Try as it should be without all this cranberry mullarkey.
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More cheese Gromitt?
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Just pure Wensleydale with no messing and adding bits, makes a lovely cheese and pickle sandwich but just as nice on it's own. Oooh some in the fridge, might munch on some.
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Just pure Wensleydale with no messing and adding bits, makes a lovely cheese and pickle sandwich but just as nice on it's own. Oooh some in the fridge, might munch on some.
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From a little deli in Pershore, Worcestershire
http://www.capersfinefoods.co.uk
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Last month I had the fortune to buy some Wensleydale cheese made from sheeps milk and I have to say it is by far the best cheese I have tasted.
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I was lucky enough to go to the Wensleydale creamery near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales (I wonder if it's the same place you went to Stumblebum?) just before Christmas, and after spending half an hour trying loads of samples (
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I was lucky enough to go to the Wensleydale creamery near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales (I wonder if it's the same place you went to Stumblebum?) just before Christmas, and after spending half an hour trying loads of samples (
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I was lucky enough to go to the Wensleydale creamery near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales (I wonder if it's the same place you went to Stumblebum?) just before Christmas, and after spending half an hour trying loads of samples (
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Ooooh I bet that was lovely! Actually I saw the winter warmer in our local Co-op a couple of weeks ago, so I must get some more of that and try your mushrooms!
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If you have any left over mince pies (and who doesn't!) warm them through in the oven - never the microwave.
When they are hot take off the lid and insert a generous slice of Wensleydale (proper with no bits in) and replace the lid. Leave for a few minutes till cool enough to eat. Cheese will have softened but not gone gooey or greasy. Sublime ![]() *makes mental note to see if there are any mince pies left in Co Op tomorrow * |
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Plain Wensleydale is hard to come by in Ireland, I've discovered.
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I discovered it was local to Hawes when I went there in August 2009 so tried some and found I like it.
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Wensleydale cheese.....................lovely cheese from a lovely place!
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Wensleydale with plum pudding cheese is delicious from Tesco. Also with golden raisins and cranberries from Morrisons is also extremely tasty. I don't eat a lot of cheese but can eat it with the additions.
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Where did you get the old skool Wensleydale?
) I bought a selection of their gorgeous cheeses. My favourite was their Winter Warmer - a bit like the one with cranberries (which I also love) but with spiced fruits - it was absolutely delicious! It's a good job I don't live near that place or I'd be there every day filling up on cheese!