Tulip Tree Creamery<\/a> is known by turophiles everywhere for Trillium, a bloomy-rind cow\u2019s milk square pillow that has won multiple awards\u2014most recently Gold at the 2021\u20132022 World Cheese Awards in Spain. One of Tulip Tree\u2019s newest cheeses\u2014Milkweed\u2014has also arrived on the national scene; it won a 2021 Good Food Award after being reworked and renamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMilkweed started as Haymaid, an Alpine-style cheese that Tulip Tree initially made in response to customer requests. \u201cWe didn\u2019t think it was the best, so we said, \u2018let\u2019s stop making it and reevaluate,\u2019\u201d says Laura Davenport, who owns the creamery with business partner and cheesemaker Fons Smits.
\u201cIt came back as a slightly different format, and we\u2019re now washing the rind, so it has more character. It\u2019s such a beautiful cheese, and the washing gives it a patina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four-pound wheels of Milkweed have a basket weave pattern on the rind, and like all of Tulip Tree\u2019s cheeses, are made with pasteurized cow\u2019s milk from family-owned Country Meadows Farm in Hudson, Indiana. \u201cThey have a mixture of Jersey and Holstein cows, so they get the volume and the high butterfat,\u201d says Davenport. Founded in 1879, Country Meadows Farm tries to grow as much of their own grass and hay as they can, and they let the animals graze on pasture whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Davenport turned to cheese after a career as an infection control practitioner and met Smits when they were both working at another creamery in 2005. A native of the Netherlands, he has worked in cheesemaking operations or as a consultant for about 25 years, including at Cowgirl Creamery in California. \u201cWe helped launch a creamery in Illinois for a family that had lost their cheesemaker abruptly,\u201d says Davenport. \u201cWe did that for three years, but it was a 90-minute drive each way, so we decided to launch something in Indiana. In January 2014 we left that job and in June 2014 we started selling Tulip Tree\u2019s cheese at the farmers\u2019 market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maintaining a presence at the farmers\u2019 market is still important to Davenport, who left medicine because she was interested in real food, sustainable agriculture, and educating the public about the importance of both. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a retail shop, but we knew we wanted to stay connected with the community and not shove all the cheese out the back door on a pallet,\u201d she says. \u201cWe continue to sell at farmers\u2019 markets because it allows us to have face-to-face interactions with our customers and get immediate feedback on our new products.\u201d She and Smits are working on increasing production of Milkweed, which saw accelerated demand after winning the award. \u201cIt\u2019s such an easy-to- eat cheese, mild with a slight sweetness and nuttiness,\u201d she says. \u201cIt makes the best grilled cheese or fondue.\u201d Her favorite way to enjoy it? \u201cIn a grilled cheese with apples and blackberry ginger jam on local bread.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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