List of English cheeses

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Cheddar cheese with crackers

This is a list of notable cheeses in English cuisine. Some sources claim that at least 927 varieties of cheese are produced in England.[1] Fourteen English cheeses are classified as protected designation of origin.[1]

In English cuisine, foods such as cheese have ancient origins. The 14th-century English cookery book The Forme of Cury[a] contains recipes for these, and dates from the royal court of Richard II.

English cheeses

A wedge of Bowland cheese
Derby cheese varieties include Sage Derby, shown with a wax coating.
Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher cheese
Shropshire Blue

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cury here means cooking, related to French cuire, to cook.

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