Blue Cheese

These cheeses range between hard and soft, mild and strong, but always have distinct blue or green veins running through them. The veins are a type of penicillin and are usually introduced by hand into the interior of the cheese with the use of a metal spike.

Barkham Blue 200g

A creamy, slightly open textured cheese with a rustic rind and a yellow, moist interior streaked with blue veins

Barkham Blue is hand made by the artisan cheese makers Sandy and Andy Rose of Two Hoots. Two Hoots are a small family business located in the village of Barkham on the Hampshire/Berkshire border, which make handmade cheeses in the traditional way using the pasteurised milk from Channel Island breeds of cows. They have been making cheese since 2003 and their cheeses have won a succession of awards. They decided to use Jersey and Guernsey cows as Sandy grew up on her mum and dad’s dairy farm in Shurlock Row near Twyford where he milked Jersey and Guernsey cows. This was an unusual decision as their milk is particularly rich and isn’t often used for Blue cheeses as the richness can go sour with blue veining

Barkham Blue is a unique artisan Blue which has a distinctive appearance. The mould ripened cheese is 1kg in weight, ammonite shaped and covered in an attractive, natural, rustic rind and the deep yellow moist interior is spread with dark bluey green veins.

Barkham Blue has a delicious unique flavour due to its rich milk. When mature it becomes very soft and buttery which melts in the mouth and does not leave the harsh metallic taste sometimes associated with blue cheese.

Barkham Blue was awarded Supreme Champion at the 2015 British Cheese Awards
Barkham Blue was awarded super gold at the 2013 world cheese awards, 2 Silver awards at British Cheese Awards and 1 star Gold at Great Taste Awards.
Barkham Blue was also previously awarded Best Blue Cheese, Best English Cheese and Supreme Champion at the British Cheese Awards 2008, and a gold medal at the World Cheese Awards in the same year.

PLU: 5116

£7.60

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Key Facts

Country Made In England
Type of Milk Cow
Pasteurisation Pasteurised
Vegetarian Yes
Region Berkshire
Organic No
Flavour Buttery and spicy
Accreditation None
Weight 200g

Store & Serve

Individual cheeses will carry their own Best Before/Use By Date, we endeavour to give a minimum of 7 days from the date the order is despatched

StorageKeep refrigerated.
Instructions for useServe at room temperature.
Recommended DrinkMonbazillac

Nutrition

IngredientsCows' Milk, Salt, Rennet, Dairy Cultures (Milk)
AllergensMilk
Nutritional Information
Typical Valuesper 100g
Energy kJ1550 kJ
Energy kcal374 kcal
Fat32.3 g
of which saturates 23.1 g
Carbohydrates2.8 g
of which sugars 1.9 g
Protein17.9 g
Salt0.9 g
Name & address of food supplierPaxton & Whitfield Ltd, 93 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6JE

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