Norbury Blue is an English blue cheese made in

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

. It is entirely handmade and the only blue cheese made in the South of England with milk from a closed herd of Friesian cows, fed on GM-free fodder. The cheese was made at the Dairy at Norbury Park Farm until 2018, when production moved to Sherbourne Farm at

Albury Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...

Preparation

The cheese is made with vegetarian

rennet Rennet () is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles the casein in milk. In addition to chymosin, rennet contains other enzymes, such as pepsin and a ...

and unpasteurised cows' milk. A

Roquefort Roquefort is a sheep milk cheese from Southern France, and is one of the world's best known blue cheeses. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur ...

type culture '' P. roqueforti'' is used to create the blue marbled effect. It is left to mature at around for three weeks, giving the blue mould time to grow. It is completely natural and contains no artificial colourings.

Composition

Norbury Blue has a moist, creamy texture with a pleasantly musty aroma. It is tangy like

with the creaminess of rich

Brie Brie (; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie, the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern ''département'' of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in color with a slight grayish tinge under a rind of white m ...

. The blue veins have a smoky, earthy flavour. Norbury Blue cheese has a dark, bark-like rind and a delicately marbled, white interior.

References

External links

Norbury Park Farm blue cheese website
{{Blue cheeses English cheeses Cow's-milk cheeses Blue cheeses