Ford Farm Cheddar Truckles

Ford Farm Cheddar Truckles are West Country Farmhouse Cheddars, from Dorset. Here they are made using milk from local herds that graze the lush pastures of the Ashley Chase Estate and its environs.

Then during the ‘Cheddaring’ process, (the turning of the curds) which is performed entirely by hand, as is the salting of the curds, the pressing of the cheese, and the bandaging in cheese cloth.

From here, the Cheeses are given extra special ‘cave-ageing’ treatment in the famous Wookey Hole Caves here in Somerset; this  provides them with their unique flavour and character. 

The Cheddars are carried by hand two hundred feet underground into the Wookey Hole Caves in the Mendip Hills where they are left to mature.  The constant temperature and humidity of the Caves offers ideal conditions for storing and ageing cheddar and the porous nature of the cheese enables it to take on the distinctive earthy and nutty flavours from the atmosphere. Buy your Ford Farm Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar here at The Cheese and Wine Shop; why not add some of our local Cyders?