Dairy & cheese · block
Red Leicester
English hard cow's-milk cheese coloured orange with annatto; mellow, nutty and slightly sweet, melting well on toast, in sauces and in sandwiches.
- A kind of Cheddar
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodMature Gouda
Paler, sweeter and slightly firmer.
- T2 · GoodMimolette
Harder and nuttier but the same orange colour.
- T2 · GoodMonterey Jack
Paler and milder; melts similarly.
- T3 · In a pinchEdam
Pale and milder.
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