Cotherstone

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Food

By Alan Davidson

Published 2014

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Cotherstone a cheese from the north-east of England, was introduced as a farmer’s version of the old monastic wensleydale cheese. It was originally made from sheep’s milk, but from the 17th century cow’s milk has been used. It is looser in texture than Wensleydale. Although popular locally, it was not widely known south of Yorkshire, and is now rare.