Look after the cheese you bought

Storing, Cutting & Serving Cheese

Cheese is still changing after you bring it home. The aim is to slow unwanted drying and spoilage without sealing a living food into the wrong environment.

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Cheese wrapped for storage and cut for serving on a board

Part 01

The fridge is necessary but not perfect

Cold storage slows microbes and enzymes, which is useful for keeping cheese safe, but very cold cheese tastes muted. Letting a portion lose its chill before serving usually improves aroma and texture.

Part 02

Wrapping should balance protection and breathing

Specialist cheese paper or a loose paper-and-box approach can reduce drying without trapping as much condensation as tight cling film. Different cheeses tolerate different levels of sealing.

Part 03

Keep strong neighbours in mind

Washed-rind and blue cheeses can perfume milder cheeses if stored together unprotected. Separate wrapping preserves both flavour and microbial boundaries.

Part 04

Cutting changes the experience

A wedge should ideally give each person some paste from near the centre and near the rind where appropriate. Cutting only the soft nose from Brie or the heart from a wedge leaves everyone else a different cheese.

Part 05

Build a board around contrast, not quantity

Three or four cheeses with clearly different textures and intensities usually tell a better story than eight similar ones. Add bread, fruit or condiments to support the cheese rather than bury it.

Taste the idea

Find it in a real cheese

The catalogue examples below are matched to this subject, so the next step can be tasting rather than another definition.

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Letter Box Hamper

Cheese Lovers Letter Box Hamper

Why it caught our eye

Beautifully wrapped in traditional parcel paper, with twine and ink stamps, this new larger edition of the cheese & biscuits through the post contains two of Britain's best cheeses - Godminster's award winning cheddar from the West Country and Caws Cryf from Wales - as well as biscuits for cheese, salted nuts and red onion chutney. The greatest indulgent gift that any self respecting lover of cheese could hope to receive! The letter box gift hamper contains: A personalised card with the recipient's name and your personal message. Godminster’s award-winning vintage Organic Cheddar, made from a unique 70-year-old recipe using milk from their dairy herd on Godminster Farm in Somerset. A truckle of Caws Cryf Cheese. Made in Wales and slightly softer than a cheddar, it is a mature cheese with a lovely texture and mellow rich flavour. Wax wrapped for freshness. All British Cheddar Crackers. Made with freshly grated Wookey Hole cave aged Cheddar, hand baked the West Country.

£34.95

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The Courtyard Dairy

The Cheesemonger's Choice - Free Delivery

Why it caught our eye

This surprise selection of the very best cheeses on The Courtyard Dairy’s counter is waiting to be delivered direct to you. The Courtyard Dairy’s cheesemongers select their favourite cheeses on the counter each week, ranging from oozing ripe Brie to strong tangy Cheddar. The selection will vary weekly – but each cheese will always be first-class. Each selection includes three cheeses (min. weight 600g) plus a packet of crackers and a detailed article on the cheese producers, as well as a topical information feature on cheese. Includes Free delivery.

£31.00

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