Oxford Blue

Now off we go to the great university city of Oxford, and track down a cheese that shares its name, but in true Somerset cheddar style, its made no were near the area.

Oxford Blue Cheese is a surprising taste of Europe found in the heart of England's green and pleasant land.With a name as English as Worcestershire Sauce and Yorkshire pudding but with the unmistakeable continental  twang of Roquefort, Gorgonzola or Saint Agur.

Oxford Blue

Oxford blue is a soft punchy cheese ,made from pasteurised cows milk and vegetarian rennet. It is sold in its usual 400g foil wrapped rounds, and can even be found in small cylinders called "Baby blue".

This cheese has a geographical chequered history .It was first made in Buckinghamshire before moving to Harington in Derbyshire until 2009. Now it is back with the Oxford cheese company in Worminghall Buckinghamshire.

It is deliciously tangy and salty and packs a punch just like any continental heavyweight. With its soft creamy texture, it is in my view one of the best blue cheeses made and found in the UK.With this in mind this cheese definitely gets a 4 out of 5.

Oxford Blue

Its also Certainly worth a mention that the same company also make Oxford Isis (washed in Oxfordshire Honey Mead) and College White (a strong brie style cheese) and if there blue has anything to go by, they be definitely featured in future posts.

But for now we move on ....to Lincolnshire to try a blue, then  to try a French style goats cheese made in Somerset.