Dunmanus Durrus Farmouse Cheese

Dunmanus Cheese is a hard, aged, mountain-style cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk. This is a seasonal cheese, in that we use only summer milk in the production of Dunmanus. Throughout the long summer days, the cows graze the lush, green meadows that are moistened with salt-laden rain that comes in from the nearby Atlantic Ocean. These cows produce high quality, creamy, and truly wonderful milk – every cheesemaker's dream ingredient. Using the time-honoured cheese making skills that have been perfected at Durrus Cheese since 1979, the milk is crafted into a cheese that is pressed and aged for a minimum of 6 months in our ripening rooms. The flavours of Dunmanus Cheese range from gently sweet and nutty at 6 months, to more savoury and grassy (with a hint of sharpness) beyond 10 months. We consider Dunmanus Cheese a table cheese in our own house; and by this we mean we keep it on the table or kitchen counter (no need to put Dunmanus away in the fridge). We use it for everything – Ploughman's style lunches, fantastic cheese on toast, melted in gratins, grated over pasta, or simply eaten with no fuss and straight down the hatch!