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31 / 08 / 2008
Mount Jaggard is located just outside of McLaren on the way to Victor Harbour and is home to the award winning Alexandrina Cheese Company. Regarded by many as the producing some of the best farmhouse cheeses in Australia, Alexandrina Cheese Company is owned by the McCaul family, which has over 30 years experience in dairy farming jersey cows and over a 100 years of experience in cheese making.
I met with owner and cheese maker, Dan McCaul who took me through Alexandrina’s range of hard cheeses and how the process of making cheese. The Alexandrina Cheese Company is very much as working dairy farm and contributing to their success is their herd of grass feed jersey cows. Jersey milk is renowned for its full flavour and rich creamy quality, which Dan tells me, is half the secret.
All of Alexandrina’s cheese and diary products are hand made using traditional methods. Just some of the cheeses they produce include pecorino, black pepper pecorino, cheddar and a 18 month old aged cheddar. Apart from the cheeses, Alexandrina also makes pure jersey cream, cultured cream, natural yogurt, honey yogurt and jersey full cream and skim milk. All of their products are available at the farm gate.
For more information about the Alexandrina Cheese Company, visit
www.alexandrinacheese.com
