Cheese Database

Bleu Bénédictin vs Stilton

Bleu Bénédictin

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Canada

Bleu Bénédictin is a semi-soft blue cheese from Canada, made with whole cow's milk. Benedictine monks make the wheels, and the name comes from that order. Blue mold runs through a pale paste, under a mottled whitish grey coat. The center stays creamier than the firmer, more crumbly edge. The flavor is gently salted and milder than many famous European blues, with a clear mushroom smell that suits a cheese board.

Stilton, field guide plate
Stilton, photographed

Stilton

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom
Place
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire
Status
PDO

Stilton is a blue cow's-milk cheese from England. The protected cheese is made only in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, or Nottinghamshire. It is not made in the village of Stilton.