Cheshire vs Gloucester cheese
Cheshire
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Cheshire is a moist, crumbly cow's milk cheese from the United Kingdom. The name comes from the English county of Cheshire, and makers in nearby counties have long made the same style. The paste is dense rather than rubbery, and it breaks into moist crumbs instead of clean slices. Flavor is mild, salty, and a little tangy, with a fresh dairy note when the cheese is young. Clothbound wheels and block versions both carry the name.
Gloucester cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Gloucester cheese is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from the United Kingdom, and it comes in two familiar forms. Single Gloucester is paler, milder, and traditionally made with a leaner milk. Double Gloucester is richer, deeper in color, and the form most shops sell. Annatto gives Double Gloucester its apricot tint, and the color is not a sign of long age. Both are slicing cheeses with a smooth, close paste.