The Irish Dairy Board has introduced its second authentic farmhouse cheese, Cashel Blue, to join its extensive family of Kerrygold dairy products.
Developed in 1984, Cashel Blue is Ireland’s original artisanal blue cheese and is the creation of the husband and wife team of Jane and Louis Grubb. The cheese is made entirely by hand on the Grubb family farm near Cashel in County Tipperary, Ireland. This acclaimed cheese won gold at the World Cheese Awards in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
Like all Kerrygold dairy products, only milk from cows that graze in Ireland’s luxuriant pastures is used, and no growth hormones are allowed. The majority of the milk used to make Cashel Blue comes from the pedigreed Friesian dairy herd on the Grubb family farm.
Cashel Blue is a semi-soft and voluptuously creamy cheese. It has a round, full flavor and slight blue tang. The cheese is a buttery color, threaded with characteristic blue-green veining, and large blue flecks from Penicillium roqueforti, the fungus used in Roquefort, Stilton and other blue cheeses. The cheese has deep mushroomy flavors, especially close to the rind. A bit crumbly when cut, its texture is actually creamy and fudgy. This cheese ages beautifully and the flavors become more pronounced over time.
Format: Available in 3-pound random weight wheels.
Uses: Fabulous on a cheese board with ripe pears, figs, honey, toasted almonds, water crackers or walnut bread; melted on grilled steak; mixed into salads dressings; topping salads; stuffed in celery sticks and dates. Use it in burgers or grilled cheese sandwiches to elevate flavors.
The new cheese joins a family of favorites: Kerrygold Duhallow farmhouse cheese, Dubliner, Aged Cheddar, Reduced Fat Aged Cheddar, Reserve Cheddar, Red Leicester, Ivernia, Blarney Castle, Swiss, Dubliner with Irish Stout, and Aged Cheddar with Irish Whisky. Kerrygold also is known for its salted and unsalted Pure Irish Butter and Kerrygold Garlic & Herb Butter. This year Kerrygold also introduced two new butters, Kerrygold Reduced Fat Irish Butter and Kerrygold Naturally Softer Pure Irish Butter. For more information about Kerrygold dairy products, visit www.kerrygoldusa.com.
The Irish Dairy Board is the marketing and selling cooperative created by Ireland’s small dairy farmer co-ops and co-op creameries to export butter and cheeses all over the world. “Kerrygold” is the international brand of the Irish Dairy Board. Kerrygold butter and cheeses are widely sold in the United States in supermarkets and specialty food stores. For a store finder, visit www.kerrygoldusa.com/where-to-buy/. For more information about Kerrygold butters and cheeses, visit www.kerrygoldusa.com.
Source: The Irish Dairy Board