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Harbourne Blue vs Stilton

Harbourne Blue

Facts

Milk
Goat
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom

Harbourne Blue is a British brand of blue cheese from the United Kingdom, made from pasteurised goat's milk. The paste is firm and dense, off-white, with blue or grey-green veins. A young wheel can taste clean and lightly yoghurty, while a mature wheel turns spicy and assertive. It is a goat's milk blue, not a fresh goat log and not a cow's milk Stilton. The name refers to the Harbourne, a river in the southwest of England, rather than to a harbour town.

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.