Overview
Fromage friends, there's a new cheese in town. It's a semi-soft, washed-rind cheese that's landed behind the counter of Newtown resident cheese experts, The Stinking Bishops. And it's called Stinking Bishop. But rather than being the Sydney cheese shop's own product, it's actually the cheese that gave our favourite Friday night cheese spot its name.
Earning the name Stinking Bishop with gumption, this highly-prized cheese's pinkish rind and pungent smell comes from being immersed in perry, a pear-based alcohol, periodically while it matures. If you're a budding cheese buff, you'll be glad to know that Stinking Bishop is allowed to mature traditionally in humid cave-like conditions. The cheese reportedly doesn't taste as strong as it smells, but we'll let you be the judge of that.
As with all the cheeses at The Stinking Bishops, it's available on their cheese boards and retail, to take home with you. The cheese is produced in very limited quantities and The Stinking Bishops are hoping to make it a regular cheese on their menu, but this time they've only managed to get their hands on 10kg. So it goes without saying, you might want to put some pep in your step and get in on it. Remember to put down your cheese knife before running out the door though.
Stinking Bishop is available at The Stinking Bishops, 5/63-71 Enmore Road, Newtown, while stocks last.