{"title":"Oxford Cheese Company","description":"\u003cp\u003eOxford Blue was created in 1995 by Robert Pouget, who had opened a cheese shop in Oxford's Covered Market with Gerry Stevens in 1983. It is a creamy blue in the tradition of Stilton and was first made in a Stilton dairy. The Oxford Cheese Company says production has been settled in Oxfordshire since 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"oxford-blue","title":"Oxford Blue Creamy Blue Cheese 350g","description":"\u003cp\u003eOxford Blue is a soft, creamy blue cheese in the Stilton tradition, sold here as a mini of about 350g. The Oxford Cheese Company make it at Burford in Oxfordshire; the company grew out of a cheese shop in Oxford's covered market in 1983, and Robert Pouget created the cheese to give his customers a blue with a creamier consistency than a Stilton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplied ingredient list gives pasteurised cow's milk, salt, lactic culture, microbial rennet and Penicillium roqueforti, so it is suitable for vegetarians. The producer describes it as soft, creamy and aromatic, with tangy and spicy notes that linger and an unexpected hint of white wine and chocolate, and compares the style to Dolcelatte and St Agur but milder. It is aged for 14 to 16 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe producer suggests melting it over a warm steak, crumbling it into a salad, or serving it with fruit or dark chocolate. On a board it wants something sweet beside it: a spoon of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/rosebud-preserves-quince-jelly\"\u003eRosebud Preserves Quince Jelly\u003c\/a\u003e, a few \u003ca href=\"\/products\/peters-yard-original-sourdough-crackers\"\u003ePeter's Yard sourdough crackers\u003c\/a\u003e, and a glass of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/lyme-bay-winery-pinot-noir\"\u003eLyme Bay Pinot Noir\u003c\/a\u003e or a sweet wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mini of approximately 350g, wrapped in foil. Keep it in the fridge and take it out an hour before serving so the paste softens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllergens: milk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford Cheese Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222309622103,"sku":"CHE-OXF-OXFORDBLUE-350","price":12.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/image_1d036f10-87e1-41da-9116-6318f99cdd37.webp?v=1785897273"},{"product_id":"oxford-isis","title":"Oxford Isis Washed Rind Cheese 200g","description":"\u003cp\u003eOxford Isis is a soft washed-rind cheese of 200g whose rind is washed in honey mead, which the producer describes as a pure distilled honey. The Oxford Cheese Company make it at Burford in Oxfordshire, a firm that began as a cheese shop in Oxford's covered market in 1983 and now makes its own cheeses for the city's colleges and restaurants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supplied ingredient list is unpasteurised cow's milk, vegetarian rennet, salt and mead, so it is a raw milk cheese suitable for vegetarians. Mead washing gives the rind its orange-gold colour and sticky surface, and washed rinds of this kind are strong-smelling with a paste that is softer and milder than the smell suggests. The mead accounts for the sulphites declared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe it at room temperature as the pungent cheese on a board, next to something gentler such as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bix\"\u003eNettlebed Creamery Bix\u003c\/a\u003e and a hard cheese like \u003ca href=\"\/products\/quickes-mature-cheddar\"\u003eQuicke's Mature Cheddar\u003c\/a\u003e. It suits rye bread, cornichons and a glass of cider or a Belgian-style beer, and a spoon of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tracklements-sticky-fig-relish\"\u003eTracklements Sticky Fig Relish\u003c\/a\u003e balances the rind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 200g boxed cheese. Contains milk and sulphites. Made with raw milk, so not recommended for pregnant women. Keep chilled and take it out of the fridge an hour before eating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford Cheese Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222388429143,"sku":"CHE-OXF-OXFORDISIS-200","price":7.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/image_03de9768-4727-4305-8409-9a8c84d3a85c.webp?v=1785867473"}],"url":"https:\/\/madeinengland.com\/collections\/oxford-cheese-company.oembed","provider":"Made In England","version":"1.0","type":"link"}