{"data":{"slug":"red-leicester","name":"Red Leicester","country":"England","milk":"cow","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":3,"strength_label":"Medium","summary":"Cheddar-adjacent, dyed with annatto since farmers wanted their milk to look richer.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/red-leicester\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/red-leicester","region":"Leicestershire","aka":null,"texture":"Firm, close and flaky","rind":"Cloth-bound or waxed","age":{"min_months":3,"max_months":12,"label":"3 mo \u2013 1 yr"},"description":"The orange comes from annatto, added historically because a deeper colour suggested richer milk \u2014 a marketing decision from the seventeenth century that stuck. The make is close to cheddar but with a moister, flakier curd.\n\nMellower and sweeter than cheddar, with a caramel note and a light nuttiness. Farmhouse examples aged past nine months are much better than the block.","flavour_notes":["caramel","toasted nut","sweet milk","a mild tang"],"pairings":["Bitter","Chutney","Crusty bread","Apple"],"vegetarian":null,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"lancashire","name":"Beacon Fell Lancashire","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/lancashire"},{"slug":"allgauer-bergkase","name":"Allg\u00e4uer Bergk\u00e4se","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/allgauer-bergkase"},{"slug":"asiago-dallevo","name":"Asiago d\u2019Allevo","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/asiago-dallevo"},{"slug":"comte","name":"Comt\u00e9","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/comte"}]}}