Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese is a semi-soft cheese

Cheese

Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....

 made from cow's milk. It originates from Carrigaline

Carrigaline

Carrigaline is a single-street town in County Cork, Ireland. It is about 12 km from Cork City which can be reached by car in 25 minutes...

, Co. Cork in Ireland. Pat and Anne O'Farrell have produced their cheeses on their farm in County Cork since 1988 using milk from their Friesian cow herd.

It is a vegetarian cheese made with whole milk and vegetarian rennet, and is made into rounds of 150g, 200g and 400g, or wheels of 1kg or 1.8kg. It is recommended to mature for 12 weeks before eating.

Carrigaline export approximately 20% of their cheese to Europe and the USA, and their cheese is also sold domestically in supermarkets and independent retailers.

Awards

In 2010, their smoked cheese won a Bronze medal at the World Cheese Awards. In 2008 at the British Cheese Awards, Carrigaline won the Gold medal for their smoked cheese, a silver medal for their low fat cheese, and a Bronze for their natural cheese. In the same year at the World Cheese Awards, they won the gold medal for their smoked cheese.

External links

Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese official website