The Long Paddock - Banksia

Banksia - Semi-hard cheese 150g

6-8 month semi-hard Tomme-style cheese, similar to a Tomme de Savoie or Abondance, made with certified organic cow’s milk from a nearby family-run farm. Banksia has a natural rind, with paste that is firm and elastic, yet creamy & melty, packed full of sweet-grassy and buttery-savoury flavours.

Aspect: firm natural rind with mottled reddish/yellowy/brown tones, pale yellow/creamy paste with a few small holes.

Texture: dense semi-hard flexible paste, excellent for melting or grilling.

Flavour: creamy/sweet/nutty with earthy tones, becoming more pungent and brothy/umami with age, satisfying and with good length of flavour.

Pair: Being quite an earthy & complex cheese, even when fairly young, Banksia commands wine, beer, cider or sake with equal intensity & personality. Try an aged Riesling, White Rioja, Marsanne/Roussane, Viogner, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Noir, Gamay, or a Golden or Belgian Ale.

Just outside the ranges and based at The Mill Castlemaine, Long Paddock Cheese is a small-scale Australian artisan cheesemaker, recognised as one of the best in Australia. We create deliciously-different hand-made cheeses, mainly in the French style but with a definite Australian identity. Our globally-renowned cheesemaker, Ivan Larcher, heads a small-but-skilled team making soft and semi-hard cheeses and fresh dairy products, perfectly ripened and beautifully packaged. All our products are hand-made from certified-organic cow’s milk from a nearby family-owned farm, delivered to us several times a week.