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St Tola is a soft, moist, crumbly cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk curdled with vegetarian rennet.
It is made in Inagh in north-western County Clare, Ireland. It was first made by Meg and Derrick Gordon, in the early 1980s. In 1999, they cross-trained Siobhán Ni Ghairbhidh, who has made it since 2000 along with John McDonnell. They call their company "Inagh Farmhouse Cheeses."
It comes in several forms:
- A log that develops a rind is most well-known one. It has 29% fat;
- Small cheeses called St Tola Crottin, just a few bites per each small round. The small cheeses firm up as they age and develop a soft white velvety rind. They have 29% fat content and weigh 120 g each;
- St Tola Hard Cheese is aged and made in hard rounds. It has 20% fat content with sizes ranging from 200 g, 450 g and 2.2 kg.
- St Tola in Oil is a log cheese cut into pieces, packed in small jars in grapeseed oil, each jar weighing 150 g. The grapeseed oil can be used fresh for salad dressings or in cooking.
History
On 28 August 2001, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) recalled tSt Tola Cheese when E-coli 0157 was found in it. St Tola disputed the results, and said they had mixed up their results. The ban on the cheese was lifted on 31 August 2001 when St Tola agreed to pasteurize some of its milk.
Language Notes
St Tola is the name of a local saint, buried 7 miles away beside Dysert O' Dee Castle.
See Also
Soft Cheeses
Other entries for Goat's Milk Cheeses
Brousse du Rove, Capricorn Goat's Cheese, Chevre Noir, Chevrot Cheese, Gevrik Cheese, Goat's Milk Cheeses, Humboldt Fog Cheese, Pantysgawn Cheese, Pavé Blésois Cheese, Pavé de Chirac Cheese, Picodon de Chèvre, Selles-sur-Cher, St Tola Cheese
Other entries for Cheese
Affinage, American Cheeses, Casu Marzu, Cheese Rinds, Creamery, Double/Triple-Cream Cheese, Extra-Hard Cheeses, Firm Cheeses, Mexican Cheeses, Pate (of a Cheese), Processed Cheese, Queso Fundido, Rennet, Semi-Firm Cheeses, 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
Other entries for Dairy
Butterfat, Butter, Milk, Nondairy Topping
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