How to make Leicester Cheese

Leicester cheese is normally coloured with annatto and can be orange to red in colour. This is where the term Red Leicester comes from. It was traditionally made in the shape of a flat wheel.

This video uses the same process, including cheddaring, but is lighter on the colouring. To make Red Leicester, just add 4 drops of annatto per litre of milk. For this recipe, you would need to add 32 drops diluted in half a cup of non-chlorinated water.

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