milk type
Cow
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Vegetarian Coagulant
milk treatment
Pasteurised
location
Hawes, North Yorkshire
milk source
Bought-in
breed
Holstein-Friesian
season
All year
average age
4-6 Months
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Accompaniments
Biscuit Selection
£7.95
Rosebud Old Yorkshire Chutney
£6.00
Rosebud Piccalilli Chutney
£6.00
Recipes
Kentish Apple Pie
This traditional pie was apparently a favourite of Charles Dickens. The tang of the cheese lifts the sweet and lightly spiced apples into new realms of pudding heaven.FAQs
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Hawes Wensleydale
This recipe harks back to more traditional Wensleydale-making methods
milk type
Cow
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Vegetarian Coagulant
milk treatment
Pasteurised
location
Hawes, North Yorkshire
milk source
Bought-in
breed
Holstein-Friesian
season
All year
average age
4-6 Months
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