Stinking Bishop
The Stinking Bishop is an English cheese with an intense smell .
history
Charles Martell almost single-handedly saved the almost forgotten Gloucester cattle breed (also the name of a town ) from extinction in the 1970s . To make their endangerment public, he made cheese from the milk. Today he buys milk from Friesian cows to meet his needs. The Smelly Bishop goes back to a cheese with a washed rind that was made by Cistercians on Martell's land . The name is apt - the cheese really smells - but it comes from the type of pear that is used to make perry (a must that is used to wash the rind).
Manufacturing
The curd made of pasteurized milk drips off, but is placed in the flat form without shredding. To increase the moisture content and encourage bacterial growth, salt is only added after the mold has been removed. The cheese matures for six to eight weeks and is often washed with Perry.
enjoyment
Similar to the Epoisses , it has a sticky yellow-orange rind and a soft, almost melting dough, which is only harder and more crumbly at certain times of the year. The taste is strong but less severe than the smell. With a Burgundy the cheese unfolds its full aroma.
description
- Size: 20 cm diameter, 4 cm high
- Weight: 2 kg
- Fat i. Tr .: 48 percent
- Season: all year round
- Available: all year round
- Use: cheese platter
- Region: Gloucestershire
reception
In the movie Wallace & Gromit - The Hunt for the Giant Rabbit, cheese is used to raise the cheese lover Wallace from the dead.