Description
Sticky toffee Cheddar Cheese
About Sticky Toffee Cheddar Cheese
Sticky Toffee Cheddar is certainly one of the more unusual cheeses in our counter. It brings together two great British favourites — cheddar and sticky toffee pudding — in one wonderfully bonkers cheese.
It starts with a creamy, pasteurised cow’s milk cheddar, which is blended with dates, raisins, toffee and Cartmel Sticky Toffee Sauce. The result is a bright orange, crumbly cheese dotted with little pieces of fruit and plenty of sweet, caramel flavour alongside the familiar savoury tang of cheddar.
It might sound unlikely, but judging by the amount we sell, combining cheese and pudding is clearly a very popular idea! Sticky Toffee Cheddar has developed a wonderfully loyal following and is definitely one to try if you have a sweet tooth or simply fancy something completely different.
Sticky Toffee Cheddar – Jen’s Tasting Notes
This is definitely a cheese for anyone with a sweet tooth. The cheddar brings a creamy, savoury base before the dates, raisins and toffee take over with rich caramel sweetness.
There’s plenty going on with the texture too. The cheddar is creamy and crumbly, while the fruit brings little chewy bursts throughout. You get that familiar cheddar tang underneath, followed by flavours of caramel, dried fruit and sticky toffee pudding.
It’s certainly not a traditional cheddar, but that’s really the point. Sweet, savoury and just a little bit bonkers, it’s one of those cheeses that gets people talking whenever we put it out for tasting.
How to Serve and Pair Sticky Toffee Cheddar
- Make sure you take it out of the fridge a good hour before you want to eat it so it can come up to room temperature.
- Classic pairings: If we’re going down the sweet route, we might as well commit. An off-dry Riesling or Moscato has enough acidity to cope with the cheese while complementing all that sweetness.
- Something a little different: A malty beer such as an amber ale will pick up the caramel and toffee flavours.
- On the plate: Keep everything else simple. Plain crackers and perhaps a few walnuts are quite enough. There is already a lot happening.
- In the kitchen: Apparently you can slice a banana, add Sticky Toffee Cheddar, wrap the whole thing in foil and bake it to make a sort of instant sticky-toffee-banoffee concoction. I haven’t entirely lost my mind yet, so I’ll leave that one with you.
Jen’s note: This is one of those cheeses that proves you should never assume what will be popular in a cheese shop. Sticky Toffee Cheddar has a wonderfully loyal following and we have customers who come back specifically for it. If you have a sweet tooth, you really do need to try it at least once!
Buying Sticky Toffee Cheddar
- Brand or Producer: Carron Lodge Cheesemakers
- Product name: Sticky Toffee Cheddar
- Milk: Cow
- Country: England
- Region: Lancashire
- Strength: Medium
- Vegetarian: Yes
- Suitable for pregnancy: Yes
- Allergens: MILK
Sizes and Prices
- 100g wedge, £2.65
- 500g wedge, £13.25
- 1/2 Wheel (approx. 1kg), available to pre-order
Storage Advice
- Keep refrigerated
- Wrap in waxed paper or cling film
- Remove from the fridge before serving
- Consume within 10 to 14 days of opening
Delivery and Collection
- UK wide courier delivery
- Click and collect from our Pangbourne shop
- Free local delivery available for selected postcodes
Ingredients (Allergens are listed in capitals)
Cheddar cheese (MILK, salt, rennet, starter cultures), chopped dates (dates, rice flour), raisins (raisins, vegetable oil), toffee pieces (white granulated sugar, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed milk, (MILK, sugar), palm oil (RPSO Segregated), butter (MILK) Oil, Natural Flavour), Cartmel Sticky Toffee Sauce (sugar, whipping cream (MILK), salted butter (MILK, Salt), vanilla extract.
