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F
ord Farm Cheesemakers are located on the Ashley
Chase Estate in the beautiful Bride Valley in West
Dorset, overlooking the Jurassic Coast World
Heritage Site.
Founder Members of Dorset Food & Drink, the
company is extremely proud to support our fantastic
Dorset food scene.
Ford Farm is best known for its traditional West
Country Farmhouse Cheddar. whichhristmas
is made
by hand to
is coming. Be prepared. That’s the
traditional recipes, using the finest milk
sourced
only way
to make it through this festive season
exclusively from locally grazing herds.
The
company
is according
one
of food relatively
intact,
to the chefs
we in
spoke
(p.39).
Now, as much as we love
of the few traditional Cheddar makers
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entitled
Christmas
– it has pigsof
in blankets
to carry the prestigious Protected
Designation
Originfor a start – if you’re
the designated cook in your house, what should be
(PDO) status, giving its customers an assurance that this
a sugar-dusted dream of a holiday can quickly turn
delicious Cheddar is made in its
own historical region and
stressful enough to disintegrate your paper crown with
according to tradition.
fearful perspiration. There’s lots to think about. From
Alongside this core product,what
Ford
Farm
to serve
onoffers
the big Caveday (turkey? goose? beef?) to
which
potentially
torturous
method
Aged PDO traditional Cheddar
matured
deep
within
theyou’re using to cook
it,
the
decisions
come
as
thick
and
fast as the crowds of
caves at Wookey Hole, as well as Cave-Aged Goat’s
people you need to feed.
Cheddar, Billies Goat Cheddar,So
Oakwood
smoked
this issue of Menu is here, like an enthusiastic
Cheddar and Dorset Red – a smooth,
amber
sous chef,mellow,
to help with
your prep. We have turkey
coloured cheese smoked over oak
chips.
Flavoured
cooking tips (p.8, p.32, p.39), and recipes for an entire,
lovely
Christmas meal
– Starter,
Main and Dessert in
varieties include Wensleydale with
Cranberries
and Sage
Derby.
Cook
Book (p.29).
Don’t slog around the shops,
Ford Farm cheesemakers areThe
also
masters
of wax-coated
We have present ideas for food
cheeses in all colours and sizes,Christmas
which shopping.
are always
lovers (p.20), dates for Dorset’s thriving local producer
best-sellers at Christmas.
markets (p18) and some Michelin-starred chutney for a
FOUNDER
MEMBER
Ford Farm
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hand-made gift (p.36). If all gets too much, close your
kitchen and eat out. There are recommendations for
where to go for Christmas dinner (p.39) and any special
HO HO HO!
occasion (p.53). So treat yourself
Robin Alwayfood
Operations
Director
at
Ford
Farm,
talks
Dorset
– you deserve it – and have
Group Editor
a great Christmas!
Cut to the Chase
Martin Crabb,
is s ue fiv e
Dorset
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and drink…
What are the benefits of being a smaller scale
producer like Dorset Food and Drink’s
members?
Being able to do things with real care and attention to
detail. Cheese is a notoriously difficult product to get
right, and particularly to get consistently right due to its
potentiallyRussell
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team at Ashley Chase,
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who now runs
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genuinely the
proud
to put our name to.on BBC Radio
shows and we support and champion local independent
retailers as much as we can.
cheddars both nationally (and internationally), we never
forget our Dorset roots. We can often be seen at local
the views are incredible – come rain or shine – and the
fish and chips are superb.
Contributor Elves
Solent’s
About Cuisine
Breakfast in
consultancy. He’s
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think
it’s
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