Cheddar cheese

Cheddar is a cheese made ​​from cow's milk, which contains about 48 % fat in the dry matter and is produced worldwide today. Aged for an average of two to three months, until he comes as " Scottish Mild" in the trade. Traditional producers, however, still enjoy the cheese a maturity of up to two years. The Cheddar is a hard cheese, which usually gets its characteristic golden yellow to orange color by the addition of vegetable dye annatto.

The cheese originally comes from South West England and is named after the village of Cheddar in the county of Somerset. The first written assignment for the mention of a place called Cheddar cheese dates back to 1655. In England Cheddar is the most popular cheese, about half of the purchased in England cheese is cheddar.

Variants

In addition to the usual standard production there are also typical variants:

• Farmhouse Cheddar: made ​​in small quantities cheese with at least 14 months to mature. Also known as the King of Cheddar.
• Sage Derby: During the cheddaring is the curd added ground sage. This gives it a green streaks and a strong spicy flavor.
• Cheddar cheese flavor: In addition to the traditional Sage Derby Cheddars are flavored with beer, whiskey, port wine, chili or Marmite for some years.
• Five Counties: Cheddar is this one of the five types of cheese used.