Baron Bigod

A fabulously full-flavoured Brie-style cheese, hand-made in Suffolk by Jonny Crickmore from the milk of his own herd of Montbeliarde cows.

Available in 250g Cut, 500g Cut or 3kg Whole. 
1kg whole cheese is also available, please click here  

P Pasteurised
£42.00
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Baron Bigod is a stunning brie-style cheese, with a rich, full, earthy flavour and a lingering finish. It's made by Jonny Crickmore from the milk of his own herd of Montbeliarde cows in Suffolk. Jonny likes the cheese best when its wrinkly coat has broken down the golden, buttery paste under the rind, while a thin line of lactic curd at the centre remains.

Jonny’s family has been farming the land here for three generations, but it was only recently that Jonny decided it was time to make some radical changes. He wanted to start selling raw milk, and to move into making the best cheese that he could. But raw milk and fine cheese need the best ingredients, and the family’s herd of Friesians weren’t really the best place to start.

So Jonny set off to France in search of cows that could produce the highest quality milk available. He chose Montbeliarde, the cows whose high protein milk is used for some of the famous French cheeses such as Comté and Vacherin Mont d’Or. He brought his ladies back to Suffolk, and set about building up his herd by cross-breeding Friesians with Montbeliardes to gradually add the great benefits this breed brings to the family’s own herd.

Great milk deserves the utmost respect, and Jonny’s perfectionism in choosing his herd is matched by his approach to cheese-making. The warm milk straight from the milking parlour is handled as carefully as possible to preserve its delicate cell structure. The milk is gravity-fed to the dairy, where it is gently poured into the cheese vat.Each stage of the process is done by hand, from cutting the curds with long knives to carefully transferring the fragile curds into the moulds by using the traditional pelle-a-brie ladles.

If you choose to purchase a whole, 1kg Baron Bigod cheese, you will receive it hand-wrapped in wax paper and packed in its own, beautiful wooden box.

*A whole Baron Bigod weighs approximately 3kg. 250g and 500g are a cut of a whole cheese.  

More Information
Country of Origin British Isles
Milk Variety Cows'
Style of Cheese Soft
Vegetarian No
Organic? No
Suitable For Pregnant Women? No
Ingredients Cows' Milk (97.00%), Salt, Starter Culture, Geotrichum yeast cultures, Penicillium mould cultures
Nutritional Info (per 100g) Energy: 1510KJ, 365Kcal / Fat: 30.94g, of Which Saturated 22.27g / Carbohydrate 2.13g, of Which Sugars <0.5g / Protein: 20.5g / Salt: 1.7g
Allergen Advice For allergens see ingredients in bold.

Keep refrigerated below 8°. For pieces that are 500g or larger, please eat within 14 days of receipt. For pieces smaller than 500g, please eat within 10 days of receipt.

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Freshly cut & wrapped

We unashamedly source, care for and sell the best cheese, because that is what we believe in. Our trained cheesemongers cut every piece to order, by hand, and wrap it in our waxed paper. We do this because it is the most respectful way to treat this precious food.