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You have 500 characters to tell us why you should win Cheffactor:
I should win cheffactor because I am all about food, eating, preparing, growing, buying, cooking, baking, planning meals, reading cookbooks, reading food blogs, watching food programs & constantly talking about food. I grew up on a dairy farm in Wicklow and make cheese with the raw milk, bake with the apples & pears from the garden and the farm fresh eggs. Its about time all the this love and constant thinking and talking about food was put to some use and I had some skills to back it all up!!
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My dish is an Irish Autumn Cheeseboard,which goes perfectly with a glass of red wine. I made the cheeses myself with raw milk from my parent's dairy farm, the paler colour cheese at the back was made this morning and will be perfect for eating in 12 weeks, the cheese to the front is 6 weeks old. The apples and pear are from our garden and thin slices are the perfect partner to my cheese, serve this on top of homemade brown bread (using my Granny's recipe)for a really delicious lite snack.
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Great entry deserves to win. Good Luck
Sounds like the perfect evening snack, just yummy
this entry looks fab!!!!!!
WOW that sounds FANTASTIC and YUMMERS ....best of luck
What does Granny use in her bread, buttermilk or sour milk?
Granny would have always used sour milk, however for the bread in the photo here I used whey from the cheesemaking.
The whey is fat free (as all the fat is in the cheese) and leaves the bread lovely and light with an almost springy consistency.
Thanks for your vote
best of luck, You're a busy lady. Is this cheese on sale anywhere?
Hi there, no the cheese is not on sale. I make it just for family and friends at the moment. But who knows where this all could lead
Thanks for the votes
SJ x
Wow this sounds like really good stuff! Very Irish and tasty!!
Good Luck from Cherrybrook, Avoca
Hi SJ,I would love to see/taste your cheese.I manage the cheese room in Avoca in Rathcoole,Co Dublin.
Sounds like just our kind of thing!Local raw milk from Wicklow pasture made into a lovely looking cheese!Always great to get local Artisan cheeses into the climate controlled cheese room.I try to promote them as much as I can.Knowing how much milk goes into cheese production and hard work from then on in, the maturation process is a labour of love and then finally tasting your creation when ready its certainly an epic journey!The very best of luck with the competition.The apple/cheese pairing is a match made in heaven and the whey in the brown bread is a perfect re-cycle re-use philosophy.
Thank you everyone for the votes and lovely comments,
To the person from Avoca Rathcoole - I'm sorry I can't see you name or contact details on this forum but I would be really interested in having a chat my email is sarahjanehurley@gmail.com
To Cherrybrook - Thanks a mil its great to get local support!
As you can imagine this prize would literally be a dream come true .. in the meantime i'll keep dreaming, eating, cooking and making cheese
Sarah-Jane x
Eh eh eh eemm yum yum! The cheese looks pretty good too! Best of luck
Why can't I see the little 'like' symbol?
hi s.j
sounds like the perfect after dinner desert. the best cheese board i have ever tasted was in monart, so good we had to go twice. sarah loves a cheese board too, so anytime you want to pop in and see the little chap too.
marty.
Sounds unreal and homemade!! Impressive!
This really looks and sounds delicious, I hope you win. There is nothing better than locally made food with fresh ingredients...I honestly love how organic it is! Good luck
This really looks and sounds delicious, I hope you win. There is nothing better than locally made food with fresh ingredients...I honestly love how organic it is! Good luck
This really looks and sounds delicious. The best food always comes from local, fresh ingredients, I honestly love how organic this is... Best of luck
Good luck Sarah-Jane in the competition!! Hope we get a dressing room beside each other!! Your cheese looks amazing and I hope it's available to purchase nationwide sometime!! Well done, Lx
Hiya Sarah Jane, I'm so impressed, you're talents are obviously wasted where they currently lie
...very best of luck 
Maeve
Homemade and Irish - yes please!!!!!
Cheese is the ultimate Irish slow food! Its great to see that Sarah-Jane is one of our growing number of farmhouse Irish cheese producers, even if her friends and family are the only current beneficiaries. Hopefully in time, with the encouragement and VOTES she gets herd she will be able to share her love of great food and her use of quality local ingredients with a wider appreciative audience. If Sarah-Jane wants any new friends to try out her delicious cheese board I'll be first in line.
Good luck Sarah-Jane. Say 'Cheese' and keep on smiling.
BC
Bringing us back to real life, Irish life, pre celtic tiger. (Apart from the vino of course - some celtic tiger traditions should be retained!) Full marks for using good wholesome local indigenous foods. Hope you win.
Sarah Jane,
Little did I know when you were doing all that running that you had so many other irons in the fire as well - where do you find the time. Wishing you all the very best - I did Ballymaloe a couple of years ago and its fantastic and you will fit right in! Hope to see you running soon. BB
Good Luck from Avoca Tidy Towns- we have posted your entry dteails on our profile and asked for local support. Good Luck
If I become your friend, will you regale me with chesse, lol!
An t-adh mor leat.
Fair play Sarah-Jane. Hope you win. What a hidden talent! I LOVE the whole organic and recycling of it all. Take Care, Sue
GWAN THE LADS
Looks scrumptious!!!
Will have to sample some time!
All the best SJ.
Lorraine x
Sounds great, hope you get the votes you need. Would you be interested in a market stall in Aughrim? We hold a market every Saturday & would love to have your produce there. How wonderful to have cheese made so local!!! Please drop us a line if you might be interested carolinedillon1@gmail.com & best of luck with the competition!
I grew up on a dairy farm in Wicklow---Dont you mean A Quality Award Winning Farm !!Cant wait till next DG meeting for tasting session
ha ha yes i do indeed mean an award winning, quality milk supplying dairy farm!
thanks a mil for the vote .. am sure herself will furnish you with samples
SJ
If anyone would like to see an interview with the farmer who supplied the Raw Milk (my dad!) check out page 3 of the J3 supplement of today's Irish Farmer's Journal. Its all about feeding and care of the cows ... I'm as proud as punch of himself and my mam #superfarmers!!
SJ x
Heh Heh, the granny who gave you the brown bread recipe was as proud of the Master farmer as if he was her own! She'd be cutting that paper to shreds today to keep for show time. Well done you keeping up the family standards! Hope Ballymaloe are keeping the bed warm for ya.
xx Susan
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