The Summer of Flavored Stiltons: Sticky Toffee Stilton

Name:  Sticky Toffee Stilton

Brand:  Coombe Castle

 

Place of Purchase:  Hy Vee Foods in Ames, Iowa

Country of Origin:  England

Price in Iowa: $14.79/lb

Milk: cow

Processing: A plain stilton mixed with toffee, dates and raisins.

Texture: soft

Color: Caramel brown with chunks

Rind: none

Aroma: Burnt sugar and clean dairy

Taste: Sweet, really sweet.  Like plain butter fudge with bits in it.

Mouth feel:  Mostly a nice, even paste.  But the raisins were really juicy.  Juicy cheese = not good eats.

Notes:  I have been avoiding the local chocolate cheeses because I don't think that cheese should try to be fudge.  Cheese can try to be custard, but not fudge.  This cheese is fudge.  It's sweet paste is tasty, but nt very cheesey.  This might make a great addition to an ice cream sundae, but it is a dessert first and a cheese second.