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Dorset blue vinny cheese

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Weight: 200g

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Made from an old Dorset recipe, this delightful, slightly crumbly blue cheese has a pleasantly soft taste. Made from semi-skimmed milk, it's also low in fat.

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Made from an old Dorset recipe, this delightful, slightly crumbly blue cheese has a pleasantly soft taste. Made from semi-skimmed milk, it's also low in fat.

Origins

Dorset Blue Vinny cheese could once be found in nearly every farmhouse in the county. It was an ideal way of using the 'left-over' milk after the cream had been skimmed off for butter-making. As a result, the cheese had a very low fat content and was typically very hard, dry and crumbly, with little or no blue. The blueing in those days was encouraged by a number of methods, for example dragging mouldy horse harnesses through the milk before adding the rennet, storing the cheese on damp hessian bags or even keeping it next to mouldy boots! You may be relieved to know that these methods are no longer in use – instead, the blue is introduced by means of a blue mould solution. Dorset Blue Vinny is made with milk straight from the farm’s own herd of 270 Friesian cows. The cheese can vary according to the time of year, which is a true indication of a handmade product.

Product specification

Dietary pasteurised
Source Dorset

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Click & Collect FREE - Order online and collect from our Farm Shop, You can choose to collect on a ‘specified day’ (starting approx. one week from ordering) during checkout.

Local Delivery £4.95 (Free on orders over £50) - We offer local delivery for customers living in the EX1 to EX5, and EX8 to EX11 postcode areas. Choose a ‘specified day’ during checkout.  Please note: All orders to the remaining EX postcodes will be delivered using our standard national courier.

National Delivery £7.95 (Free on orders over £50) - We offer nationwide delivery. Choose a delivery date during checkout.

National Saturday Delivery £15.00 - We offer nationwide delivery on Saturdays too! Choose a delivery date during checkout.

Fresh Greendale Produce - Meat and seafood will be bagged and ready to cook or freeze on delivery. All fresh meat and fish will be vacuum-packed and labelled with use-by dates and a suggested frozen shelf life. Packaging or labelling may change depending on preparation or delivery limitations. When the meat or fish has been packaged it is immediately placed in an insulated envelopes and surrounded with chilled gel-packs to keep it cool and in perfect condition.

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