Teviotdale is a full fat

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cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...

produced in the area of

Teviotdale Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...

on the border lands between

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and

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, within a radius of 90 km from the summit of

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in the

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. The cheese is produced from the milk of the

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. There are no known current producers of this cheese.

Description

The cheeses are cylindrical in shape with a white coating, a yellow smooth paste and a salty flavour.UK Protected Foods

Production

Milk is heated to 32

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and after rennet is added, left to incubate for 90 minutes at a temperature between 25 °C and 32 °C. An hour later, the curds are cut and settle for 20 minutes before being moulded and mechanically pressed. The cheeses are left in brine at 13 °C for 9 hours after which they are removed to mature. They are dried for 4 days and left to mature for 15 days, whilst being turned daily.

Awards

Teviotdale cheese was awarded European

Protected Geographical Status Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and Traditional food, traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promo ...

(PGI) status.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Teviotdale Scottish cheeses Cow's-milk cheeses British products with protected designation of origin Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union