Cheese 🧀

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Can people recommend me some delicious cheeses please

Chaource. It's like a brie but nuttier and creamier. Big supermarkets.

Brillat Savarin is indecently delicious, Tesco have it in the deli bit.

Cornish Yarg- ordinary and garlic
Cornish Brie
Davistow cheddar
Tesco cave aged goat cheese
we have a lovely farm near us that does sheep’s milk cheese- my favourite is Baa humbug, but I can’t remember the name of the damn farm…..

i don’t like any of the cheeses with berries etc in. Just give me unadulterated cheese - and lots of it

Another fan of Manchego and after an extensive sampling of all that is available in the supermarkets over the years, Waitrose No.1 Manchego is my go to treat (steets ahead of Aldi's imo) and better value than the more expensive stuff in cheese shops.

Also a fan of Baron Bigod which I always buy for the festive period.

Baron bigod and yarl

I would buy big chunks of 4 really good cheeses:

An almost runny Brie
Stilton
A hard cheese: e.g Manchego, Comté, a strong cheddar , Wensleydale
A soft cheese, possibly goat.

Époisses.
Stinking Bishop
A very mature Stilton
Yarg (the one coated in stinging nettles)
Somerset Brie
Wooky Hole Cheddar
Blackstick Blue

I like to use all British cheeses where possible, but Epoisses can't be left out!

Godminster organic vintage Cheddar is divine

Blue Monday is a gorgeous artisan blue cheese
Brie de Meaux is a luxurious French brie, alternatively Baron Bigod from Suffolk
Sinodun Hill artisan goats cheese (really luxurious)
Stonebeck Wensleydale (small batch, hand made and unpasteurised)

I love a cheese thread!

Blacksticks Blue is the only blue I enjoy, creamy and mild. It’s already been recommended up thread by those with excellent taste. You can buy it in M&S.

For supermarket cheddar I rate Cornish Cruncher (again M&S) but I love a ‘real’ cheddar from a dairy like Neals Yard in London. I also get a Cotherstone from there which is creamier than a Wensleydale but a similar vibe and is delicious served with Christmas cake.

Comte is my favourite of all time. It’s made with unpasteurised milk so it has a deeper flavour, and is quite sweet. Supermarkets sell it, but I don’t think Sainsbury’s offering is as good as the Morrisons or M&S versions.

Eat.All.The.Cheese 😆

French cheeses:
Comte (preferably aged 18-24 months)
Doux de montagne
Delice de bourgogne
Bleu d'Auvergne

For Britsh cheese it is worth going to your local farm shop - ours has a great selection. Or getting a proper truckle of cheddar

Everything that stinks.

Sorry to say but I hate cheese but dh rels love it. Ive not the first clue about cheese apart from cheddar. I want to do a cheese hamper for them for xmas but what would be nice.

Red Fox Leicester.

Another vote for Baron Bigod and bleu d auvergne, but my absolute favourite is a runny gorgonzola

Cotherstone is also lovely

Comte
Manchego
Sage Derby
Stilton
Camembert
Kirkhams Lancashire

Eden smokie
Goosnargh bomb

I've got loads of cheeses that like, but none of them are blue cheese.😄 I like the following:
Kaltbach
Lindum (a Lincolnshire cheese, lovely flavour)
Swaledale (like Wensleydale, but yummier!)
Red Shropshire (the one from Sainsbury's)

I have done orders as gifts from this place, who have a great range of unusual cheeses to order:
https://thecheesesociety.co.uk/

Hope you find some new favourites.

Not available everywhere but Croome Cuisine cheeses are excellent. I particularly like their Scrumpy Cider & Apple.

The go-tos for our cheese board at Christmas in addition to the above are
Black Bomber
Port Salut
Comte
Gouda
Bavarian Smoked Cheese
Large Babybel

As you can see we don't like blue cheese or runny cheese.

Amber mist, whisky infused black bomber.

Lancashire bomb

Capricorn goats cheese

I love that shop! Lived near there years ago. Still get a Christmas delivery from them.

Red Fox red Leicester 😍

Lots of good recommendations already but I don't think anyone has mentioned Brie with truffle - I bought some years ago from Whole Foods on Kensington High Street and it was AMAZING. If you like Brie and you like truffles then you'll love it! Link is from the US website but it was the same sort of thing.
Fromager D Affinois, Truffle Brie | Grocery Pickup & Delivery | Whole Foods Market

PS Kentish Blue is also great if you like blue cheeses! Kentish Blue Cheese - Kingcott Dairy

Snowdonia Cheese Co. Rock Star
Harrogate Blue
Barncliffe Brie - it’s a local cheese to me, but you’ll find it in delis and shows, markets etc around Yorkshire. They don’t have a website!