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Coolineey

Region: Tipperary

Type: modern, farmhouse, unpasturised, soft - white cheese

Source: cow's milk

Description: 1.5 kg/3.25 lb round with a soft white rind

Culinary use: table cheese

Brenda Maher makes is Camembert - styled cheese by hand. Full - flavoured and grassy, with the distinct aroma of mushrooms when  ripe, Cooleeney's rich, semi-liquid interior benefits from the lush   pastures for which Tipperary is famous. The cheese ripens in four to eight weeks and has a fat content of 45 per cent.