Cheese Box: Comté, Parmesan & Stichleton
from £69.50
We have put together selections of our cheeses that go perfectly together to help create your cheeseboard or fill your fridge with some of our favourite cheeses.
This box contains our Comté AOC, Parmesan and Stichleton
All our cheese boxes also include a pack of Sheridans Mixed Seed Crackers and a seasonal English Preserves Chutney to match perfectly to your selection.
Please note – We process orders twice a week. Orders placed by 12pm Mondays will be delivered on Wednesdays of that week. Orders placed by 12pm Wednesdays will be delivered on Fridays of that week.
Order by 12pm Tuesday 17th December for delivery before Christmas
If you need your cheese for a specific date, we recommend you order it to arrive at least a delivery date in advance as we use a delivery service and cannot guarantee these time frames. All our cheeses last at least two weeks in the fridge and we can vacuum pack on request.
Please read our FAQ for more information.
Comté
Comté was the first and only cheese we sold when we started the business over 15 years ago. Over that time, through countless trips to France, we have perfected our selection to find cheeses that we believe best encapsulate Comté.
Our Comté is produced by small fruitières across the Jura and Doubs mountains within the Franche-Comté region of Eastern France. Comté is a hard cows’ milk cheese with a salted rind. Milk used in the production of Comté comes from local Montbelliarde or French Simmental cows.
Our Comté is aged by Marcel Petite, at Fort St Antoine, until it reaches perfect maturity. Marcel Petite engages in a philosophy of affinage lent, or slow maturation, with the cheeses kept at a cool temperature, surrounded by the thick stone walls of the fort. Over time, this setting allows the cheeses to develop well-balanced sweet, nutty flavours and a smooth, creamy texture.
We hand select Comté that has been matured for around 12 to 14 months. When we select our cheeses, we are looking for length and depth of flavour; sweet caramelised onion, rich nuttiness balanced with subtle meaty and vegetal notes. The texture is creamy, dense and smooth. Some other suppliers prefer Comte that has aged for longer, but in our view, it is at this stage that it tastes at its best.
Comté is a perfect table cheese; served on fresh bread or crackers, accompanied by fruits, sweet pickles and walnuts. It can also be melted for fondue or used for a traditional cheese souffle.
Parmesan
Our parmesan is carefully matured for 24 months. We find this maturity results in a cheese that is robust in flavour but balanced enough to be enjoyed as a delicious table cheese, as well as for grating. It has developed a crystalline bite within a rich and creamy texture with fruity sweetness along with salty and meaty notes.
San Bernadino dairy lies within the hillsides that surround Parma, just outside the small town of Tortiano within the tightly controlled geographical region which Parmigiano-Reggiano PDO can be produced.
San Bernadino is a family run dairy, now led by Luca and Paulo Caramaschi who are the fourth generation of their family to be making cheese. They work within a cooperative of dairy farmers but, unusually, they keep all the milks separate for cheesemaking to retain the unique flavours of each herd’s milk in every batch of Parmesan. This attention to detail and respect for the local agriculture is apparent in the excellent quality of the resulting cheese.
Stichelton
Made by Joe Schneider on the Welbeck estate, Nottinghamshire. Stichelton is a raw cows’ milk blue cheese made with traditional rennet. It has a soft, buttery texture and deep array of flavours ranging from the tangy and savoury to the sweet and earthy.
| Size | Large, Medium |
|---|---|
| Location | Franche Comté, France |
| Rennet | Animal |
| Milk | Unpasteurised cows’ milk |
When serving cheese for a dinner party or at an occasion, it can be difficult to know how much to buy. As a guide, we suggest approximately 150g of cheese per person if you are serving an after dinner cheeseboard or 250g if your cheese will be your main course along with charcuterie etc.
Typically, a 250g piece of cheese will last at least two weeks kept in the fridge. Larger pieces with last longer.
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