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Durrus cheese

Washed-rind raw cow's milk cheese, semi-soft and pungent

Ireland Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Made in West Cork since 1979 by Jeffa Gill, part of Ireland’s farmhouse cheese revival.

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What is Durrus cheese?

Durrus cheese is a cheese & dairy from Ireland: washed-rind raw cow’s milk cheese, semi-soft and pungent. Made in West Cork since 1979 by Jeffa Gill, part of Ireland’s farmhouse cheese revival.

Made with

cheesemilk

Cooked

fermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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