Shropshire Blue

Shropshire Blue is a cow's milk cheese made in the United Kingdom.

[1] An alternative claim to the first production of the cheese, from the Shropshire-based company Westry Roberts, suggests that the cheese originated in the county that it bears the name of in the 1970s;[2] an archived article from 1977 would appear to back up this claim.

[3] A variant, called Ludlow Blue, is now also being made in the county of Shropshire in a small artisan dairy.

The cheese has a deep orange-brown, natural rind and matures for a period of 10–12 weeks with a fat content of about 48 per cent.

Made in a similar way to Stilton, it is a soft cheese with a sharp, strong flavour and a slightly tangy aroma.