Suffolk Gold cheese is a semi-soft
cheese
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prepared from the
pasteurised
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The ...
cow's milk
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of
Guernsey cattle
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.
[The World Cheese Book - Juliet Harbutt]
p. 198.[ Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses, a family-operated company located in ]Creeting St Mary
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, Suffolk
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, England
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, produces the cheese.[Great British Cheeses - Jenny Linford]
p. 96. The dairy
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was established in 2004.[
]
Properties
The cheese is aged for ten to twelve weeks, and has a buttery flavour and creamy texture
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.[ Suffolk Gold is produced in rounds that weigh 3 kilograms (6.5 pounds).][
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As an ingredient
Suffolk Gold cheese is used as an ingredient in Fairfields Farm Crisps, a potato crisp
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product produced in Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
, Essex
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, England.
Awards
Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses received the BALE agricultural award from the Suffolk Agricultural Association in 2013.
See also
* List of British cheeses
* List of cheeses
This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depe ...
References
External links
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Cow's-milk cheeses
English cheeses
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