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Ardrahan is a semi-firm, washed-rind cheese.
Inside the cheese is butter-coloured, with a texture something like a firm camembert. As the cheese ages, it takes on a smokey, tangy flavour.
The thin, crusy rind is slightly sticky, and has a salty, nutty-taste.
Ardrahan Cheese is a bit smelly. The smell comes from Brevibacterium linens bacteria on the rind, the same bacteria that is on Limburger Cheese.
Ardrahan is made by Mary Burns in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland using pasteurized milk from cows on her farm, curdled with vegetarian rennet.
The cheese is pressed into its moulds, then as it ages washed several times with brine.
Ardrahan Cheese is sold in small (10 1/2 / 300 g) and large (50 oz / 1.4 kg) rounds. The larger rounds are aged about 2 months.
Cooking Tips
You eat the rind of Ardrahan Cheese. When the cheese gets too old, though, the rind will take on a bit of a bitter taste, and then you may wish to cut it off.
History
Mary Burns started her cheese business with her husband, Eugene (died 2000), in 1983.
Also called:
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Appenzeller Cheese (Quarter Fat), Ardrahan Cheese, Asadero Cheese, Blue Cheeses, Botton Cheese, Brunost Cheese, Caerphilly Cheese, Cantal Cheese, Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese, Cheshire Cheese, Chèvre, Chihuahua Cheese, Cotherstone Cheese, Criollo Cheese, Danbo Cheese, Danish Fontina Cheese, Edam Cheese, Farmer's Cheese, Fontal Cheese, Gaperon Cheese, Grimbister Cheese, Jalapeño Cheese, Leerdammer Cheese, Liederkranz Cheese, Livarot Cheese, Maasdam Cheese, Manchego Cheese (Mexican), Monterey Jack Cheese, Morbier Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Pavé d'Auge Cheese, Pavé d'Isigny Cheese, Pavé de Berry Cheese, Penyston Cheese, Quartirolo Cheese, Queso con Loroco, Ricotta Salata Cheese, Tetilla Cheese, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Wensleydale Cheese
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Affinage, American Cheeses, Casu Marzu, Cheese Rinds, Creamery, Double/Triple-Cream Cheese, Extra-Hard Cheeses, Firm Cheeses, Goat's Milk Cheeses, Mexican Cheeses, Pate (of a Cheese), Processed Cheese, Queso Fundido, Rennet, Sheep's Milk Cheeses, Skim-Milk Cheeses, Smear-Ripened Cheeses, Soft Cheeses, Surface-Ripened Cheeses, Sweet Curd Cheeses, The Crumblies, Truckle, Washed-Curd Cheeses, Washed-Rind Cheeses, Yak Cheese, Yeel Cheese
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