{"id":7090,"date":"2022-10-14T16:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=7090"},"modified":"2022-10-14T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:21:38","slug":"horsingtons-champions-launch-a-cheesy-christmas-hamper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=7090","title":{"rendered":"Horsington\u2019s champions launch a cheesy Christmas hamper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marcus Fergusson in his Cheese Room at feltham’s Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Horsington\u2019s champion cheesemakers atFeltham\u2019s Farm are launching an exclusive limited edition Supreme Champions Hamper <\/em>in collaboration with the Virtual Cheese Awards and Keen\u2019s Cheddar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The hamper will feature the three supreme \u00a0cheese champions since the awards began \u2013 Feltham\u2019s Farm\u2019s Renegade Monk<\/strong> (2020) and La Fresca Margarita<\/strong> (2021), plus \u00a0Keen\u2019s Extra Mature Cheddar<\/strong> (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The hamper includes 220g+ portions of the three winning cheeses, two packs of luxury biscuits from Bath producer The Fine Cheese Company, and a 126g jar of blackberry chutney from local Somerset producers The Jam Shed in Lytes Cary, or a quince jelly from the Somerset Membrillo company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The price for this hamper is \u00a338 including P&P to the UK (excluding Highlands and Islands). The Supreme Champions Hamper is available from Today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oder online from www.felthamsfarm.com<\/a>. A great Christmas gift for distant friends and rellies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three Supreme Champions come from within five miles of each in the Blackmore Vale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Feltham’s Farm\u2019s<\/strong> cheeses , produced by Penny Nagle and Marus fergusson,are non-traditional organic interpretations of continental cheeses Epoisse (Renegade Monk) and Queso Fresco (La Fresca Margarita). Keen’s<\/strong> Extra Mature Cheddar is a fifth-generation recipe for that most traditional of British cheeses,cheddar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three Supreme Champion cheeses celebrate the diversity of artisan British cheesemaking,not to mention the extraordinarily good milk and cheese which is produced in the Blackmore Vale; \u201cthe silicon valley of cheese\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Virtual Cheese Awards were established in 2020 by Sarah de Wit, a cheese expert who spent more than 15 years managing cheese and dairy quality and innovation at Asda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Now in its fourth year, the VCA\u2019s are the only cheese awards where all the judging is conducted live online for everyone to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


About the Cheeses.
Renegade Monk <\/strong>is a soft, blue, organic, ale-washed cow\u2019s cheese with a strong flavour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was crowned Supreme Champion, Best British Cheese in the inaugural Virtual Cheese Awards 2020, and won a Gold at the Mondial du Fromage in Tours, France 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Using artisan techniques on a newly developed recipe, Renegade Monk is made from organic, pasteurised cow\u2019s milk while the set curd is then hand washed in organic ale every few days as the cheese matures<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Cheesemaker, Marcus Fergusson deliberately created a cheese of a style not traditionally found in Britain – but rather a cheese inspired by a range of Continental cheeses. It is most often compared to an Epoisses, but with an added hint of (occasionally visible) blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Fresca Margarita<\/strong>. An organic \u201cQueso Fresco\u201d inspired by travels in Spain, and Latin America. It is available Salted and Unsalted. It\u2019s a lemony, fresh cheese, which is equally good drizzled with honey (as developed \u00a0at Durslade Farmshop with their homegrown Somerset honey) and figs (the unsalted version), or used as a filling in a Mexican tacos (the salted one). It\u2019s also great for cheesecakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar.<\/strong> This multi award winning Traditional Unpasteurised Cheddar was crowned Supreme Champion in Virtual Cheese Awards 2022. Cheddar has been made by the Keen family on Moorhayes Farm since 1899.. The Cheese is smooth on the tongue and long on the pallet. The truckles are clothbound and matured for more than 18 months giving a rich creamy flavour with a hint of citrus to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Supreme Champions hamper will be available to buy online from www.felthamsfarm.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Horsington\u2019s champion cheesemakers atFeltham\u2019s Farm are launching an exclusive limited edition Supreme Champions Hamper in collaboration with the Virtual Cheese Awards and Keen\u2019s Cheddar. The hamper will feature the three supreme \u00a0cheese champions since the awards began \u2013 Feltham\u2019s Farm\u2019s Renegade Monk (2020) and La Fresca Margarita (2021), plus \u00a0Keen\u2019s Extra Mature Cheddar (2022). The … Continue reading “Horsington\u2019s champions launch a cheesy Christmas hamper”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1Qm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7092,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions\/7092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}