milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Animal Rennet, Cheese Cultures
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Wooler, Northumberland
milk source
Own herd
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milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Animal Rennet, Cheese Cultures
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Wooler, Northumberland
milk source
Own herd
breed
Friesian-Ayrshire
season
All year
average age
12-18 Months
cheesemakers
The Maxwell Family
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When the Maxwell family relocated from Scotland to Northumberland in the 1950s, they moved their whole farm, including the cows, by train.
Background
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FAQs
As a general rule of thumb, we would recommend roughly between 100 and 150 grams per person for after dinner, and a bit more if cheese is the focus of the meal. If you are buying cheese to serve over a couple of days or as part of a buffet, it is advisable to buy a few larger pieces. This will both look better and keep better than many small bits. To help visualise weights, a good tip is to consider that a regular supermarket pat of butter weighs between 200 and 250 grams. If you are at all unsure please give us a call for some advice.
The best option is to keep your cheese wrapped in its paper within a box in the fridge. This will prevent the cheese from drying out and absorbing other flavours. Your cheese will arrive wrapped in waxed cheese paper, which achieves the best possible balance between maintaining humidity around the cheese and allowing it to breathe. We are happy to provide some free extra cheese paper, just search for "cheese paper" and add it to your basket. We don't recommend cling film or foil as it can cause the cheese to sweat which will negatively affect the flavour.
Doddington
A cheese with flavours that range from bright and grassy through to savoury, brothy and almost Parmesan-like, depending on the batch
When the Maxwell family relocated from Scotland to Northumberland in the 1950s, they moved their whole farm, including the cows, by train.
milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Animal Rennet, Cheese Cultures
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Wooler, Northumberland
milk source
Own herd
breed
Friesian-Ayrshire
season
All year
average age
12-18 Months
cheesemakers
The Maxwell Family
background
Set amongst Northumberland's picturesque Cheviot Hills, North Doddington Farm has been farmed by the Maxwell Family since 1950, when they arrived from the west of Scotland. An entire generation is currently involved in getting the maximum value from their herd's excellent milk: some is used to make ice cream and yoghurt, while much of the rest is turned into cheese by James Maxwell, who recently learned to make cheese from his aunt Maggie, the cheesemaker since the family started making cheese in 1992.
our work with this cheese
We have been selling Doddington for over 20 years. They regularly send us samples from batches of cheese that they'd like us to taste, and we then select from these. The cheeses we choose are delivered to us monthly.