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16/09/09 - KING MEETS THE KING OF CHEESE AS HAIRY BIKERS VISIT LEICESTERSHIRE

Eager to find out how “the blue bits get in Stilton” The Hairy Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers visited Tuxford and Tebbutt dairy as part of their Food Tour of Britain.

 

Alan Whiston, of Tuxford and Tebbutt, demonstrated how each Stilton is pierced with stainless steel needles and left to let the oxygen present in the atmosphere to enter the cheese and allow the distinctive blue mould to form.

 

After tasting Stilton at various stages of the maturation process the celebrity chefs hopped back on their bikes with a sample and cooked up a storm at the Red Lion in in Stathern.

 

Why not try their delicious ‘Taste of Leicestershire’ dish: Beef and Stilton pie with celeriac mash and honey-roasted beetroot.