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Home » Dairy » Cheese » Firm (aka Hard) Cheeses » Cheddar Cheese » Red Dragon Cheese

Red Dragon Cheese

Red Dragon Cheese wedge

Red Dragon Cheese. Jon Sullivan / Pixabay.com / 2010 / CC0 1.0

Red Dragon (aka Y-Fenni) is a Welsh white cheddar cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk.

It has a creamy, buttery cheddar taste, combined with a tang from the brown ale and a bit of piquancy from the whole mustard seed mixed into it.

When sold coated in pale yellow wax, it is called Y-Fenni Cheese. When sold coated in red wax, it is called Red Dragon Cheese.

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  • 1 Production
  • 2 Cooking Tips
  • 3 Language Notes
  • 4 Related entries

Production

The milk is curdled with vegetarian rennet, pressed into moulds, then unmoulded and aged 3 months.

There are two sizes of the cheese made; the larger one is 10 cm tall x 30 cm wide (4 inches x 12 inches), and weighs 3 kg (6 ½ pounds).

Cooking Tips

Red Dragon / Y-Fenni Cheese melts well.

Language Notes

Y-Fenni is the name of the town it is made in: Y-Fenni (aka Abergavenny) in south Wales.

Related entries

  • Applewood Cheddar
  • Daylesford Cheddar Cheese
  • Dunlop Cheese
  • Farmhouse Cheddar
  • Fountains Gold Cheese
  • Government Cheddar Cheese
  • Irish Porter Cheese
  • Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
  • Old Cheddar
  • Tillamook Cheese
  • White Cheddar
This page first published: Jan 18, 2006 · Updated: May 2, 2022.

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