Rachel
Rachel is a wonderfully flavoured semi-hard goat’s cheese made by Pete Humphries, alongside Roger Longman, at his farm near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. One of eleven cheeses currently produced by the dairy, it is a washed rind cheese with a firm but incredibly velvety, snowy white pate. The flavour is rich, sweet and clean, without too much ‘goatiness’ and quite nutty. The washed rind, which is mold-speckled is also nutty.
Lovely to eat by itself, it also works very well in cooking and is good for people being introduced to goat’s cheese. Rachel was named best Goat’s Cheese at the British Cheese Awards in 2007, and Pete has now won the award for three years running.