Valley Shepherd Creamery
Encyclopedia
Valley Shepherd Creamery is an artisan cheese making farm in Long Valley, New Jersey
, and the winner of Edible Communities
' New Jersey
Food Artisan award in 2009.
. 20 varieties are made, including Dutch farmstead, Alpine cheese, a Basque shepherd cheese similar to Idiazábal cheese
, farmer cheese
, ricotta
, and a blue cheese
. The milk comes from sheep raised on the farm and some cheeses are made with a mix of sheep's milk and local cow's milk. An on site shop sells the cheeses, and there are tours of the spring lamb births, as well as the milking and cheese making areas.
Long Valley, New Jersey
Long Valley is an unincorporated area located within Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. Known as German Valley since its foundation during the colonial era, the community was renamed in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I...
, and the winner of Edible Communities
Edible Communities
Edible Communities is a holding group of magazines published about local culinary news, specializing in local food.-History:It was founded by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian in 2002 in Ojai, California. consists of 62 Edible magazines in the United States. Each magazine has culinary news tailored...
' New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
Food Artisan award in 2009.
History
The business was started in 2005 by Eran Wajswol with 120 acre (0.4856232 km²) in Long Valley, New JerseyLong Valley, New Jersey
Long Valley is an unincorporated area located within Washington Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. Known as German Valley since its foundation during the colonial era, the community was renamed in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I...
. 20 varieties are made, including Dutch farmstead, Alpine cheese, a Basque shepherd cheese similar to Idiazábal cheese
Idiazabal cheese
Idiazabal is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk, usually from Latxa and Carranzana sheep in the Basque Country and Navarre, Spain. It has a somewhat smokey flavor, but is usually un-smoked....
, farmer cheese
Farmer cheese
Farmer cheese refers to most often an unripened cheese made by adding bacterial starter and rennet to acidify milk. Farmer cheese may be made from the milk of cows, sheep or goats, with each giving its own texture and flavor.During coagulation the mixture separates into curds and whey , then the...
, ricotta
Ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian dairy product made from sheep milk whey left over from the production of cheese. Although typically referred to as ricotta cheese, ricotta is not properly a cheese because it is not produced by coagulation of casein...
, and a blue cheese
Blue cheese
Blue cheese is a general classification of cow's milk, sheep's milk, or goat's milk cheeses that have had cultures of the mold Penicillium added so that the final product is spotted or veined throughout with blue, blue-gray or blue-green mold, and carries a distinct smell, either from that or...
. The milk comes from sheep raised on the farm and some cheeses are made with a mix of sheep's milk and local cow's milk. An on site shop sells the cheeses, and there are tours of the spring lamb births, as well as the milking and cheese making areas.