Cheese Database

Picón Bejes-Tresviso vs Stilton

Picón Bejes-Tresviso

Facts

Milk
Mixed milk
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Spain
Place
P.D.O.

Picón Bejes-Tresviso is a blue cheese from northern Spain. Makers use cow's milk, sheep's milk, and goat's milk, often blended in one vat, which is why people call it a three-milk cheese. The wheels are small cylinders with a thin damp rind and a white paste crossed by blue-green veins. The name joins Picón with Bejes and Tresviso, the mountain places linked to the style. Flavor is strong, salty, and lightly spicy, with a clear cave character.

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.