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Gubbeen Cheese 450g

  • chilled
  • wild-atlantic-way

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Giana Ferguson first made cheese during her childhood in Spain. She andher husband, Tom, have has been making Gubbeen on the Ferguson familyfarm since 1980. Since then Gubbeen has become one of the...

Giana Ferguson first made cheese during her childhood in Spain. She and
her husband, Tom, have has been making Gubbeen on the Ferguson family
farm since 1980. Since then Gubbeen has become one of the best known of
all the Irish farmhouse cheeses, winning numerous prizes including gold in
the washed rind category of the British Cheese Awards in 2002. The milk
comes from their mixed herd of Jersey, Friesian, Simmenthal and Kerry cows.

Gubbeen is a semi-soft washed rind cheese made from pasteurized cow’s
milk, in the Cork washed rind tradition. The secret of Gubbeen’s flavour lies in
the interaction of the cheese’s mushroom scented rind and the semi-soft,
buttery paste within. Giana describes her cheese as follows ‘it has the taste
and scent of mushrooms and forests, nuts and a real buttery milky taste
especially when young. It is low in salt. The texture is buttery and soft, not
runny or cloying.’ Fingal Ferguson, their son, has been producing wonderful
cured meats on the farm for some time, and is now set to take over
supervision of the cheesemaking.
In 2008 The Fergusons released a new format of the cheese, which they
have been working on for some time, where previously they used vegetarian
rennet, now they use a traditional version. Also white wine is used when
washing the rind.

Try Gubbeen with ginger bread, the combination is nothing short of
perfection. It is also wonderful with darker beers.

Ingredients List

  • Pasteurised Whole cow milk
  • Lactic bacteria
  • Traditional rennet
  • Salt
  • Gubbeen smear culture

This Product Contains

For allergens see ingredients in bold

Storage

Keep refrigerated between between 0-4 degrees

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the story of the producer

Gubbeen Farmhouse Produce

Gubbeen Farm in Schull, Co. Cork has been the home to the Ferguson Family, a family of intrepid food producers, for five generations. Their production cycle is reassuringly simple; the land provides the grass for the herd at Gubbeen, the milk is made into the cheeses and the whey is fed to the pigs who are used to produce charcuterie. The gardens add vital flavour to the cured meats and the whole family contribute to the cycle. Giana is the matriarch, who together with her husband Tom has been making the now famous award winning Gubbeen Cheese since 1980. The majority of the milk used in the production of Gubbeen comes from their mixed herd of Jersey, Friesian, Simmenthal and Kerry cows, although it is occasionally necessary to buy additional supplies from a neighbouring farm. Giana & Tom’s son, Fingal, hand makes Gubbeen Smokehouse charcuterie, again using only quality ingredients, time and care. The products are a marriage of traditional methods and modern flavours. His pigs are born at the farm, the sows having grazed the pasture all summer long and the young being born down at the farm. They are fattened-on in large, airy, straw filled pens overlooking the Atlantic with one wall open to the fresh air and the fields which no doubt adds certain something to the flavoursome meat.
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