Shropshire Blue®
Shropshire Blue is a blue veined cheese with an amber hue, soft textured and with
complex flavours with spicy notes. The amber colour comes from the addition of
annatto, a natural food colouring. The cheese matures for a period of 10-12 weeks
and is made in a similar way to Stilton.
Shropshire Blue has never been made in Shropshire but started out as a Scottish attempt to replicate Stilton cheese but with a subtle twist of adding annatto to the milk. The cheese is now made exclusively in the East Midlands by only three of the Stilton dairies including Tuxford & Tebbutt in Leicestershire.
