• Question: How do you make blue chesse?

    Asked by tomcrilly to Duncan, Grant, Julie, Nik, Rachel on 17 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Duncan Gaskin

      Duncan Gaskin answered on 17 Mar 2013:

      The blue ‘veins’ that you see in blue cheeses are a fungus (such as Penecillium) growing in the cheese. This fungus is added during the making of the cheese and helps to produce the flavour and smell of the cheese.

    • Photo: Julie Bland

      Julie Bland answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      Duncan is right! The only thing to add is that this fungus need oxygen to grow so we make tunnel in the cheese to push the to grow inside of the cheese!

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