Wensleydale recipes
This ancient cheese, with its delicate, slightly sour flavour and distinctive moist, flaky texture is made from pasteurised cows鈥� milk. Wensleydale is available in two varieties: the common white sort, which is sold very young, and the rarer blue-veined Wensleydale, which has a mellow, rather savoury character, and a firm texture.
Buyer's guide
The only Wensleydale still made in the valley itself is that from the Hawes Creamery, which uses locally-sourced milk. also makes a blue version. Their cheeses are sold under the name 鈥楻eal Yorkshire Wensleydale鈥�.
Preparation
White Wensleydale is often enjoyed with fruitcake in its Yorkshire homeland. Wensleydale was made with ewes鈥� milk up until the 17th century, but now it is made exclusively with cows鈥� milk.
