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Last Minute Christmas Gifts – Mexicana Cheese Gift Pack

by Hot Juan on December 19, 2011 · 0 comments

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ASDA have this pack of Christmas delights on the shelves for just £5.00, it is make by local flavoured cheese specialist  Norseland AKA Ilchester Cheese .

Ilchester Mexicana Christmas Selection

Ilchester Mexicana Christmas Selection

In the box you get:

Now Mexican Cheese has its own blog site where you can find all sorts of recipes, competitions and even some money off vouchers, you can also follow them on twitter.

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The Wiltshire Chilli Farm – Handmade Chilli Cheese Krispies

by Hot Juan on September 18, 2011 · 0 comments

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The Wiltshire Chilli Farm - Chilli Cheese Krispies

The Wiltshire Chilli Farm - Chilli Cheese Krispies

I was introduced to these at The Great Dorset Chilli Festival by Jamie from The Wiltshire Chilli Farm, and I almost wish he had not, as a packet only lasts minutes, they are completely irresistible.

They are mildly warm with just a hint or two of chilli, but it is the combination of cheese, and chilli in a delightful crunchy morsel, that makes them such a tasty treat……….. dam another packet has gone.

Ingredients: Flour, Butter, Rice Bubbles, Chilli 1%, Spices.

I don’t believe there are for sales on-line, so you may have to track down Jamie at an event and just hope I have not already eaten them all.

Flavour
(10/10)
Heat
(1/10)
Packaging
(4/10)
Value
TBA
Overall
(7/10)

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The Cherry Tree – Scorcher Cheddar Cheese

by Hot Juan on June 24, 2011 · 0 comments

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I little while ago  we reviewed a Hot Chilli & Carrot Chutney from The Cherry Tree, after that we had an email from Phil Jones who has a franchise in the Chilterns, he recommended we review their Scorcher Cheddar, and a week later we got two packs in the post.

The Cherry Tree -Scorcher Cheddar

The Cherry Tree -Scorcher Cheddar

This kind of cheese is made by chopping up cheddar and mixing it with the other ingredients and then reforming it back into a block of cheese. You can see if you look carefully you can see this in the texture of the cheese.

This cheese has lots of red pieces of chilli flesh in it, and there is also the odd  piece of green jalapeño, the texture of the cheese is not as firm as a piece of unprocessed cheddar (as you would expect now you know how it is made), but when you bite into a piece the cheddar flavour is very good, but as you start the enjoy the cheese you wake up the chillies. I did not expect this cheese to be very hot, but I think it is the hottest I have tried to date.

Ingredients: Pasteurised Full Fat Milk, Starter Culture, Vegetarian Rennet, Salt, Dried Chilli Flakes, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Dried Jalapeños.

Packs kindly provided by The Cherry Tree Chilterns

Overall I think this is one of the best tasting chilli cheeses I have tried, and as they are all made the same way, this has to be down to the quality of the basic ingredients used. This cheese has some heat and flavour that other just don’t always have, it is not the level the heat of a hot sauce or a fresh extreme chilli. It does makes the magnificent cheese toasties, or how about stuffing a chicken breast with it…

The label could do with a larger font size, I had to get a magnifying glass to read it all, but that is no excuse not to buy a pack and give it a try and at approx £2.90 for 200g it is not going to break the bank. They also do 2 kg and 4 kg

Flavour
(8.5/10)
Heat
(5.5/10)
Packaging
(6.5/10)
Value
(8/10)
Overall
(8/10)

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Chantico – The Aztec Goddess of Fire

by Hot Juan on March 11, 2011 · 0 comments

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Well theirs a name for a cheese. Well this is a Cheddar Cheese that has been chopped up and mixed with the ingredients listed below including a natural colour (Annatto), then reformed, please don’t get the wrong impression, this is what is done will all this type of flavoured cheeses.

I love cheese and Cheddar must be the daddy of cheeses as far as I am concerned, So is this going to be a WOW product or a big disappointment.

Chantico Cheese – The Aztec Goddess of Fire

Chantico Cheese – The Aztec Goddess of Fire

Well first bite and I can taste the Jalapenos, they have that unique flavour, then there is another chilli flavour coming in, this is not setting me alight with heat, but the flavour is not at all bad for a mass market product, There is also a nice lingering cheddar flavour, they have not made this from a tasteless cheese that they packed with chillies to sell it.

Added Ingredients: Sweet Chilli Peppers (6%) (Sweet Chilli Peppers, Water, Sugar, Vinegar), Dried Jalapeno Peppers, Dried Mixed Herbs, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate, Colour: Annatto.

When you cut a reformed cheese you don’t get the same feedback as you do from normal cheddar which slices and shears and you cut into it, reformed cheese also feels different when you bite into it, there are always compromises, having said that the texture is very good with nice pieces of chillies and the herbs being very evident.

They rate this as 3 Chillies HOT, I think this may have been out of 10, if you are expecting Hot, then this is not it, but if you like Jalapeno’s you’re on a winner.

While this cheese is not a WOW product, I would buy this Cheese,  I have enjoyed the flavour, eating almost a whole 180g pack while doing this review, the second pack will be shared with the family. Well maybe, that’s if it does not get turned into Chilli Cheese on toast or grated on a Jacket Potato, I may even use it to make a unusual cheese sauce for yesterday recipe for Mexican Lasagna..

Chantico is blended by Wensleydale Dairy Products you can find out more about this cheese at www.chanticocheese.co.uk

Flavour
(7.5/10)
Heat
(2/10)
Packaging
(5/10)
Value
TBA
Overall
(7/10)

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