Say Cheese!

A few days ago we decided it was time to unveil our homemade cheddar.  About six months ago, I attended a cheese making workshop with the Dexter Cattle Society in Tasmania. Over the two days we made lots of different cheeses - camembert, feta, ricotta, mozzarella and cheddar to name a few.  We were  able to taste test most of the cheese I made straight away, but cheddar needs ageing in order to mature and develop good flavour.  So, after many months of waiting - we unwrapped our cloth bound cheddar.  It was well worth the wait, with lovely creamy flavour and a slightly crumbly texture.  We served it up with homemade green tomato pickle.  It was really good and we are now hoping to make more cheese with milk from a nearby organic dairy.