Facing off against almost 300 cheeses produced by 76 cheesemakers across Canada, Courtenay’s Natural Pastures Buffalo Paneer won top honours in the Water Buffalo cheese category and its Smoked Boerenkaas placed as a finalist at this year’s Canadian Cheese awards.
The judges were very impressed with the cheese, according to Natural Pastures’ master cheesemaker Paul Sutter. “They liked the creamy mild finish and nutty flavour” of the Indian-style cheese, he said.
Held for the first time this year, the Canadian Cheese awards were created to recognize and celebrate quality cheeses in the Canadian market. Competitors must produce their cheese in Canada “using the milk of Canadian cows, goats, sheep and water buffalo – with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and no modified milk ingredients,” according to the website.
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