Farmhouse cheese

Hard cheese variant of White Farmhouse Cheese , sliced ​​240 g block from Merthyr Tydfil (2018).

Farmhouse Cheese [ fɑː (r) mˌhaʊs tʃiːz ] ( Listen ^{? / I} ) is an umbrella term for certain, from cow's milk produced cheeses from Wales . There are four traditional versions of hard and soft cheese .

description

Welsh Farmhouse Cheeses are mainly produced by family and small businesses in Denbighshire and Flintshire , but are available as regional delicacies throughout the UK . The umbrella term means “farm cheese” in German , indicating that the variants that encompass it are produced by farm dairies in limited quantities using regional milk from Wales.

There are four traditional variants, each as hard and soft cheese:

• White Farmhouse Cheese (white cheese; recommended as hard cheese to refine pasta dishes )
• Red Farmhouse Cheese ( annatto colored cheese that is part of the Welsh version of Plowman's Lunch )
• Smoked Farmhouse Cheese (smoked cheese; slices of the soft cheese variety are placed on steaks in Wales )
• Garlic & Chive Farmhouse Cheese (cheese with garlic and chives )

All variants contain at least 48% fat in the dry matter . The soft cheese variants are sold as round loaves (250 g) and the hard cheese variants often in block form (240 g) with and without cheese rind .

marketing

Welsh rarebit : Toasted mixed bread with grilled Farmhouse Cheese (2016).

The Wales Tourism Authority is using the recipe for Welsh rarebit to actively promote local food products such as the farmhouse cheese variants. On the website of the state institution, individual small businesses that produce Farmhouse Cheeses such as Llangloffan Farmhouse Cheese or Pant Mawr Farmhouse Cheese are also presented in German .

See also

• List of cheeses from the United Kingdom

literature

• Alan Eaton Davidson : Glasse . In: Ders .: The Oxford Companion to Food . 2nd edition, Oxford University Press , Oxford 2006, pp.340f. ISBN 9780192806819 .
• Angela Gray: The Welsh Cheese Book . Mouth-watering recipes. Gomer Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1848510838 .
• Eirwen Richards: Welsh Crafts: Traditional Cheesemaking in Wales . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2007. ISBN 978-1845270476 .
• National Trust : Gentleman's Relish And Other English Culinary Oddities . A gourmet's guide. Anova Books, 2007. ISBN 1905400551 .

Web links

Commons : Farmhouse Cheese  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Recipe for “Welsh rarebit” on visitwales.com, accessed on January 19, 2018.
2. ↑ Homepage on Welsh cheeses in German on visitwales.com, accessed January 19, 2018.