Also known as Old Smales, Old Winchester is an older version of Winchester.
It has a much dryer harder and crystalline paste, becoming more reminiscent of an old gouda with a distinctive nuttiness in flavour, however, it is a product of evolution and need. Old Winchester is made with a vegetarian rennet and can be sold as a vegetarian replacement for a hard Italian cheese, and yet can still be used as a table cheese, it has that bit more versatility!
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A hard-pressed cheese made from unpasteurised ewe’s milk with a vegetarian rennet. The cheese is matured for 7-8 months with a thin, natural rind. Often compared to Pecorino, Manchego and even...