Beenleigh Blue cheese

Beenleigh Blue cheese. Photograph courtesy of The Cheese Shed

About Beenleigh Blue cheese

Produced by Ticklemore Cheese Dairy near Totnes, Beenleigh Blue is a pasteurised, vegetarian, blue, ewes’ milk cheese,.which has been described as Devon’s answer to Roquefort cheese, but not so salty.

The cheese has a moist and slightly crumbly texture, with tiny holes, with an ivory colour and blue-green mould running through it. It has a rich, creamy and slightly sweet, yet savoury, flavour. It is matured for 6 months and is available from early summer through to winter.

A whole cheese measures 20cm in diameter, 15cm tall and weighs 2.7kg