Fords Farm - Dorset Red Smoked Cheese

Ford Farm in Dorset, have been perfecting the art of traditional cheese making for over forty years though the recipes and methods go back much further – over 600 years in fact. They believe it’s the dedication to these time-honoured traditions that make Ford Farm Cheddars some of the finest in the world.

Dorset Red is created in the same way that Ford Farm makes its traditional cheddar, using milk sourced from local grazing herds and with the process conducted predominantly by hand. However, the heat of the milk is lowered and less stirring is done, resulting in a milder flavour as well as a softer texture. It is pressed into block moulds and left to mature for around three months.

Dorset Red has a deep amber colour, due to the addition of annatto, a commonly used natural colouring which gives it a similar appearance to a Red Leicester. It is then cold-smoked over oak chips, overnight, which bestows it with its distinctive, mellow, smoky flavour.

Pasteurised, vegetarian.

250g