Day 37

Nettle Cheese Tomme aux Orties

First of a selection of cheeses kindly brought back from France by Penelope, my first ever tasting of nettle cheese. It was a little like an edam , but more flavour maybe sheep’s milk? The nettle did not add a great deal, just bits to get stuck in your teeth! Tomme usually refers to a cheese made from skimmed milk so it is lower in fat than some cheese.