Cheese Database

Brighton Blue vs Dolcelatte

Brighton Blue

Facts

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

Brighton Blue is an English blue cheese made from cow's milk, and descriptions place the make in Sussex. The paste is yellow and semi-soft, with blue-green veins through a creamy body. The rind is edible, and it is left on for flavor as well as for a neat finish. Young cheese tastes mild and a little salty, with a mellow blue note rather than a harsh one. It is a board cheese and a cooking cheese, not a hard grating block.

Dolcelatte

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
No rind
Country
Italy

Dolcelatte is a soft blue cheese from Italy, made with cow's milk. The name means sweet milk, and the taste matches that idea: creamy, mild, and only gently sharp. Blue-green veins run through a pale, spoonable paste. It is made in the manner of Gorgonzola, but it is aimed at people who want a sweeter, less forceful blue. The name is a trade name, and the cheese is sold as a mild Italian blue rather than as a long-aged wheel.