Cheese Database

Dovedale vs Stilton

Dovedale

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom

Dovedale is a soft blue cheese from the United Kingdom. Makers use pasteurized cow's milk and a blue mold culture. The cheese is tied to the Peak District, the upland area named with it in public descriptions. A cut piece is pale and moist, with blue-green veins through the paste. The flavor is milder than many British blues, and the body is closer to a creamy continental blue.

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.