Also known as the King of British Cheeses, Blue Stilton Cheese is highly regarded as a versatile cheese that complements a wide variety of flavor. And because of its rich and strong flavor, it is often paired with a healthy glass of sweet wine.

With its unique blue-green veins running all over the cheese, the Blue Stilton is hard to miss. Although usually made from pasteurized cow’s milk, it can also be made from sheep’s or goat’s milk that inspires a strong stir among tasters.
According to the story, blue cheeses like Stilton were actually a product of fate. It was believed that an unfortunate cheese maker left a half-eaten rye in the cheese caves. When he returned to the caves after a few weeks or months, he found that the molds on the bread also felt at home on the cheese. The brave cheese maker tasted the cheese filled with mold, but instead of tossing it, blue cheese was born.

Stilton cheese is one of the very few protected origin cheeses that is made from pasteurized milk. The milk is mixed with rennet, for curdling. It is then stirred with the mold in, while making sure that the mold isevenly distributed in the cheese. But the fun begins when the Stilton cheese is poked with metal rods at random points, allowing air to get in. The rods are left in the cheese until it begins to grow mold from the bacteria.

It is part of the British tradition to serve Blue Stilton during Christmas, and often chased with a rich red wine. The moment where the pungent blue mold and salty cheese crystals meet the delicious port with all its sweet and fruity goodness is simply incomprehensible. Blue Stilton’s unique kick offsets the sweet Port, while the wine tones down the strong blue making it less powerful and more tamed to the tongue.

If not for that happy accident, we would never be able to experience a delicious cheese by the fire during the cold season. Holidays will be warmer with the Blue Stilton, as it warms the cockles of your heart with every gulp of wine. But if Christmas is just too far off, make everyday a holiday by getting Blue Stilton Cheese today!