Stilton Cheese

Stilton cheese is a basically a blue cheese, which is originally from England. It is popularly known as the “King of Cheeses” and appreciated for the rich flavor. This cheese usually has a creamy texture with visible blue color veins. With a sharp aftertaste, the cheese is also known for giving slight mellow flavor after ageing. This sharp aftertaste is considered very well for pairing with various other foods such as salads, pastas, and pizza. It also has a wrinkled crust that is usually not consumed. Earlier, the cheese was also used to accompany the dessert platter with creamy flavor.

History of Stilton Cheese

Traditionally, this cheese is believed to be invented in village of Stilton, Huntingdonshire, England in the year 1730. It is believed that owner of the Bell Inn on the Great North Road, Cooper Thornhill first came up with this cheese. After Cooper saw the cheese for the first time, he started a marketing plan to market this cheese. Apart from this, the first written reference of this cheese goes back to 1722 in William Stukeley's Itinerarium Curiosum, letter V. In the year 1936, a regulation named Stilton Cheesemakers' Association (SCMA) was formed in order to protect the origin and quality of cheese. This is also the only cheese that had received legal protection from certification trademark in the year 1966.

Stilton Cheese Recipes- Culinary Uses

It can be easily used in various culinary practices. Some of the most common culinary uses of this cheese are listed below:

• Blue stilton cheese is usually eaten and served with popular salad ingredient such as celery and pears.
• It is also widely used as a flavoring agent while making different types of soups such as broccoli soup and creamy celery soup.
• It can also be consumed with different types of baked products like biscuits, crackers and bread.
• It can even be used to make some blue cheese sauce that is further used to pour over hot drizzling steaks or even on fresh salad as a dressing.
• In England, traditionally blue stilton cheese was served with port during Christmas celebration.
• The cheese rind can also be used for making various dishes as it is completely edible unlike other cheese rind. The rind usually forms naturally while the cheese ages.
• White stilton cheese is usually used to create authentic dishes by mixing with dried fruit. It is also used as a flavoring agent for different types of chocolate.
• This cheese is also often used to make huntsman cheese by mixing it with double Gloucester.

Stilton Cheese Recipes- Trivia

• The nine weeks old cheese is usually very salable. However, the young cheese generally gives a sharp and rich flavor. People usually wait for about six months to get the buttery cheese.
• It is one of the very cheese types that is absolutely non-sticky.
• Usually, the stilton cheese has about 35 % of fat content and 23 % of protein.