Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Cheese: Meredith Dairy

Meredith Dairy is a sheep and goat farm situated in South-western Victoria that has been producing cheese since the early 90's. Their aim is to produce "farmhouse" style cheese using both French techniques and cultures.

Meredith Dairy Woodburne

Cheese: Meredith Dairy Woodburne
Cheese Maker: Meredith Dairy
Location: Camerons Road, Meredith 

Meredith Dairy Woodburne

Woodburne is made in a French farmhouse style (Camembert) - it is a white mould, surface ripened cheese. It is sold at between 2 and 4 weeks of age and reaches full maturation at 8 weeks. You'll find that as it matures the flavours will develop and the interior will break down into that gorgeous runny ooze that is so loved.

Meredity Dairy Woodburne

With this particular cheese you can see the cheese closed to the rind has begun to break down - this is still 2 weeks away from reaching full ripeness. It also hasn't been out of the fridge for too long so you will see, as it comes up to room temperature that it will tend to become runnier.

Meredity Dairy Woodburne

There is a lovely sweet creaminess to the cheese with an appealing bite found in the rind.

I sourced this cheese from Leo's in Kew but I've also read that Meredith Dairy can be found in the US - it is available by special order.

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5 comments

  1. Yummmmm... I love cheese!!! Nice photos!

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  2. I drool over these pictures.

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  3. We had the pleasure of buying the same cheese direct from the producer recently at The Regional producers day at The Lakehouse in Daylesford. It's heavenly and addictive.

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  4. Thanks Nina!

    Hi Sticky - some of their range is a bit harder to find than others but I'm sure it would have been a great day at the Lakehouse - it is such a lovely location

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