Lactic curd fresh

Set slowly with very little rennet, drained in cloth and salted lightly. Tastes of the milk it was made from and almost nothing else.

MilkCow

TextureSoft

RegionLowland dairy valleys

Aging0–7 days

What to look for

Clean acidity with no bitterness at the back. A weeping, slumped tub means it was drained hot.

A hand-ladled log, sometimes rolled in ash, that firms and sharpens across a fortnight. Sold at three ages by shops…

Recooked from the whey of a harder make, so it exists because something else was made first. Sweet, grainy and…