Ashdown Forester takes its name from the Ashdown Forest, a large area of heathland in the High Weald of Sussex, made famous by AA Milne and Winnie the Pooh.

It is an un-pressed cheese, quite firm, slightly open texture, has an attractive shape with its basket weave pattern on its surface. Medium in strength, it is a rounded cheese, with a sharp, buttery character and slight saltiness, but with savoury and lemon back notes.

Ashdown Forester takes 8 hours to make, but 3 months to mature in our cheese store, in carefully controlled conditions. It takes almost 10 litres of milk to make 1 kg of cheese. The cheeses are turned daily and a natural rind develops over the maturation period. Once the cheese maker has graded the cheese, it will be washed and packed, ready for delivery to the cheese counter.

Smoked Forester’s: naturally smoked over oak shavings, our cheese won its class at the British Cheese Awards 2008, Champion out of 108 cheeses.
A short video can be seen of us making Ashdown Forester.

Ashdown Forester’s should be well wrapped and stored in the refrigerator, but to appreciate its full flavour, it should be unwrapped and allowed to breathe and reach room temperature one hour before serving.

Fat: 39% Protein: 25 % Energy: 464 kcal / 100g Salt: 1.5 %

Awards
GOLD - Organic Ashdown Foresters in the Modern British Class at the British Cheese Awards 2009
VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD - Organic Ashdown Foresters at International Cheese Awards at Nantwich 2009
GOLD MEDAL WINNER - Organic Ashdown Foresters Smoked and WINNER of its class: the BEST FLAVOUR ADDED CHEESE class, at the British Cheese Awards 2008
GOLD MEDAL WINNER - Organic Ashdown Foresters at the British Cheese Awards 2008
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER at the Nantwich Cheese Show 2007 and 2008
GOLD MEDAL WINNER at the World Cheese Awards 2006

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